Found 3 items, similar to legitimate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: legitimate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: legitimate
legitimate
adj 1: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful [ant:
illegitimate]
2: in accordance with reason or logic;
“a logical conclusion”
[syn:
logical]
3: in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or
principles;
“legitimate advertising practices”
4: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law;
“a
legitimate government” [syn:
lawful,
licit]
legitimate
v 1: make legal;
“Marijuana should be legalized” [syn:
legalize,
legalise,
decriminalize,
decriminalise,
legitimize,
legitimise,
legitimatize,
legitimatise] [ant:
outlaw,
outlaw,
outlaw,
outlaw]
2: show or affirm to be just and legitimate
3: make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the
legitimacy of (someone);
“They legitimized their natural
child”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Legitimate
Legitimate
\Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Legitimated (-m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Legitimating
(-m[=a]`t[i^]ng).]
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.
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To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to
approve, even to legitimate vice. --Milton.
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Legitimate
\Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[asl]t), a. [LL. legitimatus, p.
p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate.
See
Legal.]
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.
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2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
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3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfe`t, or
spurious; as,$legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate
inscriptions.
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4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as,
legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a
legitimate combination of colors.
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Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate
English classic. --Macaulay.
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5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a
legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
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