legitimate
legitimate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
- 2.Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
- 3.Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors. Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.
- 4.Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
- 5.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. To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to approve, even to legitimate vice. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- and
- armed
- bold
- bon
- clear
- delight
- deserve
- devil
- distinction
- dole
- done
- droit
- due
- duty
- equable
- equal
- equitableness
- equity
- even
- evenhanded
- every
- fair
- favor
- fides
- field
- fit
- fitness
- for
- give
- good
- hath
- his
- honor
- horse
- impartiality
- just
- justice
- justifiable
- karma
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is legitimate.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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