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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.
– derivatives
legitimately adverb,
legitimation noun,
legitimatization (or legitimatisation) noun,
legitimatize (or legitimatise) verb.
legitimately adverb,
legitimation noun,
legitimatization (or legitimatisation) noun,
legitimatize (or legitimatise) verb.
– origin ME: from med. L. legitimatus, legitimare ‘make legal’.
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