English Dictionary

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.
Source : opted (88194)  - auto

Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
Source : opted (88195)  - auto

Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
Source : opted (88196)  - auto

Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.
Source : opted (88197)  - auto

Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
Source : opted (88198)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (88201)  - auto