Definition of legitimate

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Legitimate (a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference..

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Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir..
Base :: Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.
Legitimation :: Legitimation (n.) The act of making legitimate.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
Illegitimately :: Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
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.
Titleless :: Titleless (a.) Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.
Basely :: Basely (adv.) Illegitimately; in bastardy.
Legitimatize :: Legitimatize (v. t.) To legitimate.
Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
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..
Illegitimatize :: Illegitimatize (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to bastardize.
Illegitimation :: Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
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.) 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.
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