| 单词 | legitimate |
| 释义 | legitimate —legitimately, adv. —legitimateness, n. —legitimation, n. adj. , n. /li jit"euh mit/; v. /li jit"euh mayt'/, adj., v., legitimated, legitimating, n. adj. 1. according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner. 2. in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards. 3. born in wedlock or of legally married parents: legitimate children. 4. in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical: a legitimate conclusion. 5. resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right: a legitimate sovereign. 6. not spurious or unjustified; genuine: It was a legitimate complaint. 7. of the normal or regular type or kind. 8. Theat. of or pertaining to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, television, motion pictures, etc.: an actor in the legitimate theater. v.t. 9. to make lawful or legal; pronounce or state as lawful: Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne. 10. to establish as lawfully born: His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law. 11. to show or declare to be legitimate or proper: He was under obligation to legitimate his commission. 12. to justify; sanction or authorize: His behavior was legitimated by custom. n. 13. the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama. 14. a person who is established as being legitimate. [1485-95; < ML legitimatus (ptp. of legitimare to make lawful). See LEGITIM, -ATE1] Syn. 1. legal, licit. 2. sanctioned. 4. valid. 9. legalize. Ant. 1. illegitimate. |
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