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legitimate

▶adjective /lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/

1 conforming to the law or to rules.
■ (of a sovereign) having a title based on strict hereditary right.

2 (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other.

3 able to be defended with logic or justification.

▶verb /lɪˈdʒɪtɪmeɪt/ make legitimate.

– derivatives
legitimately adverb,
legitimation noun,
legitimatization (or legitimatisation) noun,
legitimatize (or legitimatise) verb.

– origin ME: from med. L. legitimatus, legitimare ‘make legal’.

'legitimate' also found in these Oxford entries:

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