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Legitimated

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le⋅git⋅i⋅mate

  [adj., n. li-jit-uh-mit; v. li-jit-uh-meyt] adjective, verb, -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing, noun
Use Legitimated in a Sentence
–adjective
1. according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
2. in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.
3. born in wedlock or of legally married parents: legitimate children.
4. in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical: a legitimate conclusion.
5. resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right: a legitimate sovereign.
6. not spurious or unjustified; genuine: It was a legitimate complaint.
7. of the normal or regular type or kind.
8. Theater. of or pertaining to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, television, motion pictures, etc.: an actor in the legitimate theater.
–verb (used with object)
9. to make lawful or legal; pronounce or state as lawful: Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne.
10. to establish as lawfully born: His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law.
11. to show or declare to be legitimate or proper: He was under obligation to legitimate his commission.
12. to justify; sanction or authorize: His behavior was legitimated by custom.
–noun
13. the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama.
14. a person who is established as being legitimate.
Origin:
1485–95; < ML lēgitimātus (ptp. of lēgitimāre to make lawful). See legitim, -ate 1

Related forms:
le⋅git⋅i⋅mate⋅ly, adverb
le⋅git⋅i⋅mate⋅ness, noun
le⋅git⋅i⋅ma⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. legal, licit. 2. sanctioned. 4. valid. 9. legalize.

Antonyms:
1. illegitimate.
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le·git·i·mate   (lə-jĭt'ə-mĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business.

  2. Being in accordance with established or accepted patterns and standards: legitimate advertising practices.

  3. Based on logical reasoning; reasonable: a legitimate solution to the problem.

  4. Authentic; genuine: a legitimate complaint.

  5. Born of legally married parents: legitimate issue.

  6. Of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch.

  7. Of or relating to drama of high professional quality that excludes burlesque, vaudeville, and some forms of musical comedy: the legitimate theater.

tr.v.   (-māt') le·git·i·mat·ed, le·git·i·mat·ing, le·git·i·mates
To make legitimate, as:
a. To give legal force or status to; make lawful.

[Middle English legitimat, born in wedlock, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, law-worthy, past participle of lēgitimāre, to make lawful, from Latin lēgitimus, legitimate, from lēx, lēg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
le·git'i·mate·ly adv., le·git'i·mate·ness n., le·git'i·ma'tion n., le·git'i·mat'or (-māt'ər) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

legitimate 
1494, "having the status of one lawfully begotten," from M.L. legitimatus, pp. of legitimare "make lawful, declare to be lawful," from L. legitimus "lawful," originally "in line with the law," from lex (gen. legis) "law." Transferred sense of "genuine, real" is attested from 1818. Shortened form legit is first recorded 1897 in theater slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: le·git·i·mate
Pronunciation: l&-'ji-t&-"mAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -mat·ed; -mat·ing
: to make legitimate: as a : to give legal status or authorization to b : to show or affirm to be justified or have merit c : to put (an illegitimate child) in the state of a child born of married parents before the law by legal means —compare FILIATE —le·git·i·ma·tion /l&-"ji-t&-'mA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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