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

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..

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 according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

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

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

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

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

Illegitimatize :: Illegitimatize (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..

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

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..

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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