Legitimate
Definition of Legitimate
Le`git´i`mate Pronunciation: ~māt | a. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock. | | 3. | Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfe`t, or spurious; as,$legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions. | | 4. | Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors. | | 5. | Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference. | | v. t. | 1. | 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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