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Illegitimatize :: Illegitimatize (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

Base :: Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.

Champerty :: Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance..

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

Legitimacy :: Legitimacy (a.) The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock..

Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

Legitimated :: Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimat.

Miscreate :: Miscreate (a.) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles..

Legitimate :: Legitimate (v. t.) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child..

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference..

Jacobinism :: Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.

Legitimateness :: Legitimateness (n.) The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.

Bastard :: Bastard (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note..

Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.

Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..

By-blow :: By-blow (n.) An illegitimate child; a bastard.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir..

Illegitimately :: Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..

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