legitimate

1. a. 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. Source: opted

2. a. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock. Source: opted

3. a. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions. Source: opted

4. a. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors. Source: opted

5. a. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference. Source: opted

6. v. t. 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. Source: opted

7. adj. of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful Source: wordnet

8. adj. based on known statements or events or conditions Source: wordnet

9. adj. in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles Source: wordnet

10. adj. authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law Source: wordnet

11. v. make legal Source: wordnet

12. v. show or affirm to be just and legitimate Source: wordnet

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