Definition of legitimate

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Legitimate (a.) Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors..

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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..
Legitimated :: Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimat.
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..
Legitimation :: Legitimation (n.) The act of making legitimate.
By-blow :: By-blow (n.) An illegitimate child; a bastard.
Legitimately :: Legitimately (adv.) In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
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..
Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
Illegitimation :: Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
Truly :: Truly (adv.) Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..
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..
Illegitimatize :: Illegitimatize (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to bastardize.
Miscreate :: Miscreate (a.) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles..
Legitimatize :: Legitimatize (v. t.) To legitimate.
Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
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..
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