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legitimation

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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
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–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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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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