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Definition of legitimate

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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..

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

By-blow :: By-blow (n.) An illegitimate child; a bastard.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

Illegitimately :: Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

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

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

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..

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..

Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.

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

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

Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..

"""bastard " :: Bastard (n.) A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union..

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

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..

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

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

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

Miscreated :: Miscreated (a.) Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.

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