Definition of legitimate

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Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..

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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..
Illegitimation :: Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..
Legitimateness :: Legitimateness (n.) The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.
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..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors..
Champerty :: Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..
Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.
Titleless :: Titleless (a.) Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Miscreated :: Miscreated (a.) Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.
Illegitimately :: Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
Base :: Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.
Legitimatize :: Legitimatize (v. t.) To legitimate.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference..
Legitimated :: Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimat.
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..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
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