Definition of legitimate

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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..

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Base :: Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.
Illegitimation :: Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
Jacobinism :: Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..
Legitimation :: Legitimation (n.) The act of making legitimate.
Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.
Legitimated :: Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimat.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
Truly :: Truly (adv.) Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
Miscreated :: Miscreated (a.) Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.
Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference..
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..
"""bastard " :: Bastard (n.) A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union..
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
Illegitimately :: Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
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..
Fitz :: Fitz (n.) A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire..
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