quasi-legitimate
le·git·i·mate
[adj., n. li-jit-uh-mit; v. li-jit-uh-meyt] adjective, verb, le·git·i·mat·ed, le·git·i·mat·ing, noun 
ə 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.
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.
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Quasi-legitimate
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
noun
13.
the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama.
14.
a person who is established as being legitimate.
Origin:
1485–95; < Medieval Latin lēgitimātus (past participle of lēgitimāre to make lawful). See legitim, -ate1
1485–95; < Medieval Latin lēgitimātus (past participle of lēgitimāre to make lawful). See legitim, -ate1
Related forms
le·git·i·mate·ly, adverb
le·git·i·mate·ness, noun
le·git·i·ma·tion, noun
de·le·git·i·mate, verb (used with object), de·le·git·i·mat·ed, de·le·git·i·mat·ing.
de·le·git·i·ma·tion, noun
non·le·git·i·mate, adjective
post·le·git·i·ma·tion, noun
qua·si-le·git·i·mate, adjective
qua·si-le·git·i·mate·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. legal, licit. 2. sanctioned. 4. valid. 9. legalize.
1. legal, licit. 2. sanctioned. 4. valid. 9. legalize.
Antonyms
1. illegitimate.
1. illegitimate.
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| legitimate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | born in lawful wedlock; enjoying full filial rights |
| 2. | conforming to established standards of usage, behaviour, etc |
| 3. | based on correct or acceptable principles of reasoning |
| 4. | reasonable, sensible, or valid: a legitimate question |
| 5. | authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law |
| 6. | of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch |
| 7. | of or relating to a body of famous long-established plays as distinct from films, television, vaudeville, etc: the legitimate theatre |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to make, pronounce, or show to be legitimate |
| [C15: from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus made legal, from lēx law] | |
| le'gitimacy | |
| —n | |
| le'gitimateness | |
| —n | |
| le'gitimately | |
| —adv | |
| legiti'mation | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
legitimate
late 15c., "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.
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