legitimate /li-jitˈi-mət or (rare) -māt/

1. Lawful
2. Born in wedlock, or having the legal status of those born in wedlock
3. Related, derived, or transmitted by birth in wedlock or subsequently legitimated
4. As used by believers in the theory of divine right, according to strict rule of heredity and primogeniture
5. Logically inferred
6. Following by natural sequence
7. Genuine
8. Conforming to an accepted standard
9. Of or relating to legitimate drama (theatre)

1. To make lawful
2. To recognize as a legitimate child

legitˈimacy /-mə-si/ noun

The fact or state of being legitimate

legitˈimately adverb

legitˈimateness noun

legitimāˈtion noun

The act of making legitimate, esp of conferring the privileges of legitimate birth

legitˈimism noun

legitˈimist noun

A person who believes in the right of royal succession according to the principle of heredity and primogeniture

legitimizāˈtion or legitimisāˈtion noun

legitˈimize or legitˈimise transitive verb

To legitimate

legitimate drama noun

1. Drama of typical form, normal comedy and tragedy, distinguished from opera, musicals, variety, etc, as well as cinema and television
2. Drama of lasting relevance and value

legitimate pollination noun

In heterostyled plants, pollination of long styles from long stamens, and short from short

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