Definition of legitimate

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

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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..
Legitimated :: Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimat.
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.
"""bastard " :: Bastard (n.) A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union..
Miscreate :: Miscreate (a.) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles..
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..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
Illegitimatize :: Illegitimatize (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to bastardize.
Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.
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..
Base :: Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference..
Child :: Child (n.) A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants..
Affiliate :: Affiliate (v. t.) To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another..
Miscreated :: Miscreated (a.) Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.
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..
By-blow :: By-blow (n.) An illegitimate child; a bastard.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child..
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
Illegitimated :: Illegitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Illegitimat.
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