Definition of legitimate

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

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Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors..
Legitimated :: Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimat.
Base :: Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.
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..
Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.
Natural :: Natural (a.) Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death..
Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.
"""bastard " :: Bastard (n.) A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference..
Miscreated :: Miscreated (a.) Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.
Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
Bastardize :: Bastardize (v. t.) To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
Basely :: Basely (adv.) Illegitimately; in bastardy.
Titleless :: Titleless (a.) Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
Legitimateness :: Legitimateness (n.) The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.
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..
Illegitimated :: Illegitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Illegitimat.
Illegitimation :: Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
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