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make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles; "legitimate advertising practices"

make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural child"

show or affirm to be just and legitimate

make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles; "legitimate advertising practices"

make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural child"

show or affirm to be just and legitimate

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.

Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.

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

Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

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.

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.

Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.

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

Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

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.

Lawful; born of wedded parents; real; correct; reasonable.

To make lawful or regular.

Legitimately.

Legitimately.

Lawful: lawfully begotten: genuine: fairly deduced: following by natural sequence: authorized by usage.

To make lawful: to give the rights of a legitimate child to an illegitimate one.

Legitimately.

To make legitimate.

Lawful; born in wedlock; genuine.

Legitimateness.

Lawful; born in wedlock; fairly deduced.

Legitimacy.

Legitimation.

An epithet applied to things which are according to rule. A legitimate child, (F.) Enfant legitime, is one conceived or born during marriage Legitimate diseases, (F.) Maladies legitimes, are those which follow a regular march.