Word Meanings - LEGITIMATIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To legitimate.

LEGITIMATE
1. 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. 2. Lawfully begotten;
LEGITIMATELY
In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
LEGITIMATENESS
The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.
ILLEGITIMATELY
In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
ILLEGITIMATE
1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.