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Legitimate

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Verb

1. decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize

make legal

Example Sentences:
'Marijuana should be legalized'

2. legitimate

show or affirm to be just and legitimate

3. legitimate

make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)

Example Sentences:
'They legitimized their natural child'

Adjective

4. legitimate

of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

5. legitimate, logical

based on known statements or events or conditions

Example Sentences:
'rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year'

6. legitimate

in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

Example Sentences:
'legitimate advertising practices'

7. lawful, legitimate, licit

authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

Example Sentences:
'a legitimate government'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Legitimate

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adjective (lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt )
1. 
born in lawful wedlock; enjoying full filial rights
2. 
conforming to established standards of usage, behaviour, etc
3. 
based on correct or acceptable principles of reasoning
4. 
reasonable, sensible, or valid
a legitimate question
5. 
authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
6. 
of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right
a legitimate monarch
7. 
of or relating to a body of famous long-established plays as distinct from films, television, vaudeville, etc
the legitimate theatre
verb (lɪˈdʒɪtɪˌmeɪt )
8. (transitive)
to make, pronounce, or show to be legitimate

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Legitimate

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adjective
1. 
conceived or born of parents legally married to each other
2. 
a. 
sanctioned by law or custom; lawful
a legitimate claim
b. 
conforming to or abiding by the law
3. 
ruling by the rights of heredity
a legitimate king
4. 
a. 
reasonable; logically correct
a legitimate inference
b. 
justifiable or justified
5. 
conforming to or in accordance with established rules, standards, principles
6.  Theatre
designating or of professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from films, vaudeville, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: leˈgitiˌmated or leˈgitiˌmating
7. 
legitimize (sense 1) legitimize (sense 1c)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Legitimate

see synonyms of legitimate
adj.
1.
a. Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business.
b. Being in accordance with established or accepted rules and standards: legitimate advertising practices.
c. Valid or justifiable: a legitimate complaint.
d. Based on logical reasoning: a legitimate deduction.
2. Born of legally married parents: legitimate offspring.
3. Of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch.
4. Of or relating to drama of high professional quality that excludes burlesque, vaudeville, and some forms of musical comedy: the legitimate theater.
tr.v. (-māt′) le·git·i·mat·ed, le·git·i·mat·ing, le·git·i·mates
To legitimize.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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