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legitimate

adj
/lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət//lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.meɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēgitimō (“to make legal”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin lēgitimus (“lawful”), originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from Latin lēx (“law”). Originally "lawfully begotten". The noun was derived from the adjective within English or earlier by substantivization (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), the verb from the adjective by conversion (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)).

  1. derived from lēx
  2. derived from lēgitimus
  3. derived from lēgitimō
  4. derived from lēgitimātus
  5. inherited from legitimat

Definitions

  1. In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.

    • Rodwell was sent off by referee Martin Atkinson - who has shown 15 red cards since the start of last season - after 23 minutes for what appeared to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez.

  2. Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards

    Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.

    • legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method
    • Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic.

  3. Authentic, real, genuine.

    • legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions
    • The truth is, when we fail to protect legitimate rights of others and continue to expand the net of lies and defamation, every one would become victims one day including ourselves.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Marital.

    2. Relating to hereditary rights.

    3. Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.

    4. A person born to a legally married couple.

      • But should a “holy alliance of legitimates” extinguish it, it will be but for a season.
      • This extraordinarily mixed family of legitimates and illegitimates seems to have maintained a certain kind of harmony.
      • His overweening pride received another shock through his new friends the legitimates.

    5. To make legitimate, lawful, or valid

      To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.

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Derived

legitimate drama, legitimate fertilization, legitimate interest, legitimately, legitimateness, legitimate theater, legitimatize, legitimator, nonlegitimate, semilegitimate

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA