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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..

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..

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

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child..

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

Illegitimation :: Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.

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..

Legitimately :: Legitimately (adv.) In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.

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..

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..

Legitimize :: Legitimize (v. t.) To legitimate.

Legitimated :: Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimat.

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

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..

Legitimatize :: Legitimatize (v. t.) To legitimate.

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

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

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

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

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

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