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Le*git"i*mate (-m&auptack_;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.
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2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
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3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfe`t, or spurious; as,$legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
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4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.
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Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.
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5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
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Le*git"i*mate (-m&ā;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legitimated (-m&ā;`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Legitimating (-m&ā;`tĭng).] 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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To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to approve, even to legitimate vice. Milton.
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