Hypertext Webster Gateway: "legitimate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Legitimate \Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[asl]t), a. [LL. legitimatus, p.
p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate.
See {Legal}.]
1. 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.
2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or
spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate
inscriptions.
4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as,
legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a
legitimate combination of colors.
Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate
English classic. --Macaulay.
5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a
legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Legitimate \Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Legitimated} (-m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legitimating}
(-m[=a]`t[i^]ng).]
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.
To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to
approve, even to legitimate vice. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
legitimate
adj 1: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful [ant: {illegitimate}]
2: in accordance with reason or logic; "a logical conclusion"
[syn: {logical}]
3: in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or
principles; "legitimate advertising practices"
4: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a
legitimate government" [syn: {lawful}, {licit}]
v : make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn: {legalize},
{legalise}, {decriminalize}, {decriminalise}, {legitimize},
{legitimatize}] [ant: {outlaw}, {outlaw}, {outlaw}, {outlaw}]
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