Legitimate word meaning and definition

Beside meaning and definition for word "legitimate", on this page you can find other interesting information too, like synonyms or related words. On bottom of the page we have fun area, like tarot cards, numerology for these Ten characters, how to write "legitimate" with bar codes or hand signs and more.. Table of Contents:

• Meaning and definition
• Synonyms for legitimate
• Antonyms
• See also
• Related words or terms

• Letter statistic
• Hand signs, morse code
• Tarot cards, numerology
• Other fun

Do you like word(s) »legitimate«?

Meaning and definition for "legitimate" word

[adjective] authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"
[adjective] of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
[adjective] in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles; "legitimate advertising practices"
[adjective] in accordance with reason or logic; "a logical conclusion"
[verb] make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural child"
[verb] show or affirm to be just and legitimate
[verb] make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

-------------
Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll

\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. 2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock. 3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions. 4. 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. 5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
\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. To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to approve, even to legitimate vice. --Milton.

Synonyms for legitimate

constituted, decriminalise, decriminalize, established, lawful, lawfully-begotten, left-handed, legal, legalise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize, licit, logical, morganatic, rightful(a), true(a)

Antonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, illegitimate, outlaw

Related terms: actor-proof, authentic, binding, de jure, dramatical, honest, legal, rational, real, realistic, remissible, right, sanction, sanctioned, sensible, starstruck, statutory, true, unconcocted, unfictitious, uninvented, vaudevillian

The fun area, different aproach to word »legitimate«

Let's analyse "legitimate" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETAMITIGEL. Average typing speed for these characters is 2815 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .-.. . --. .. - .. -- .- - .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: legitimate: 5 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 5 = 29, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: legitimate: 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 2 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 47, reduced: 11, and the final result is Eleven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
T (2)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

Search internet for "legitimate"

> Search images
> BING Search
> Google (Safe) Search
> Video search
> Translate: legitimate to Spanish
*Results in new window

Page generated in 0.0056 seconds.