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Illegitimate
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il⋅le⋅git⋅i⋅mate

  [adj., n. il-i-jit-uh-mit; v. il-i-jit-uh-meyt] adjective, noun, verb, -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
2. not legitimate; not sanctioned by law or custom.
3. unlawful; illegal: an illegitimate action.
4. irregular; not in good usage.
5. Logic. not in accordance with the principles of valid inference.
6. Obsolete. (formerly, in London)
a. of or pertaining to stage plays in which musical numbers were inserted because of laws that gave only a few theaters the exclusive right to produce straight dramas.
b. acting in or producing such productions.
–noun
7. a person recognized or looked upon as illegitimate.
–verb (used with object)
8. to declare illegitimate.
Origin:
1530–40; il- 2 + legitimate

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

Synonyms:
2, 3. See illegal.
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Illegitimate
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il·le·git·i·mate   (ĭl'ĭ-jĭt'ə-mĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Against the law; illegal.

  2. Born out of wedlock.

  3. Grammar Not in correct usage.

  4. Incorrectly deduced; illogical.

  5. Biology Unacceptable as a scientific name because of contradiction to the international rules of nomenclature.

il'le·git'i·mate·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

illegitimate 
1536, "born out of wedlock," formed in Eng., modeled on L. illegitimus "not legitimate." Sense of "unauthorized, unwarranted" is from 1645. Phrase illegitimati non carborundum, usually "translated" as "don't let the bastards grind you down," is fake Latin from c.1939. Carborundum was a brand of abrasives (reg. trademark U.S. June 21, 1892, by Carborundum Co. of Monongahela City, Pa.). The compound was made from carbon and silicon; the word from carbon + corundum.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: il·le·git·i·mate
Pronunciation: "i-li-'ji-t&-m&t
Function: adjective
1 : not recognized by the law as offspring; specifically : born out of marriage
NOTE: An illegitimate child is usually legitimated by his or her parents' later marriage. Illegitimate children generally have the same inheritance rights under intestate successions as legitimate children; statutes limiting their inheritance rights have been found to violate the equal protection clause.
2 : not valid according to law —illegitimate noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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