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Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

Natural :: Natural (a.) Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child..

Illegitimated :: Illegitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Illegitimat.

Adulterine :: Adulterine (n.) An illegitimate child.

Miscreate :: Miscreate (a.) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles..

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..

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..

Legitimateness :: Legitimateness (n.) The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.

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.

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..

Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.

Legitimation :: Legitimation (n.) The act of making legitimate.

Base :: Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.

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..

Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right..

Titleless :: Titleless (a.) Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.

Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..

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