legitimatedadj.

1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques iii. iii. 146 In some cities where the people bear rule, he that is born of a mother citixen [sic], is accounted a citizen, & the same reason is of bastards in many places, but this is for want of legitimated citizens [Fr. legitimes citoyens].

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. viii. 415 Gabrielle a legitimated Daughter of France, one of his own natural Sisters.

1723 London Gaz. No. 6161/1 Paris... The King has settled the Ranks and Honours of the legitimated Princes.

1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. 130 According to a legitimated statement already mentioned.

1828 tr. A. Bules Mem. Duke of Rovigo III. ii. xv. 102 Were titled mistresses and legitimated princes ever seen in his court?

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §1. 267 Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, a legitimated son of John of Gaunt.

1912 J. Lisle tr. L. Miraglia Compar. Legal Philos. xx. 730 It follows, of course, that the legitimated son has the same rights as the legitimates.

1964 D. C. Douglas William the Conqueror xiii. 335 It [sc. ecclesiastical authority] was buttressed..by William's royal consecration as the Confessor's legitimated heir.

2013 L. A. Swan Grounded-encounter Therapy (2014) i. 34 It is through the process of socialization that people come to accept everyday reality and legitimated institutions.