Definition of legitimate

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

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Bastard :: Bastard (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note..
Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.
Jacobinism :: Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.
Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right..
Legitimately :: Legitimately (adv.) In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
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.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child..
Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.
Truly :: Truly (adv.) Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
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.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
Adulterine :: Adulterine (n.) An illegitimate child.
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..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
Basely :: Basely (adv.) Illegitimately; in bastardy.
Illegitimation :: Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
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..
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