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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024le•git•i•mate /adj. lɪˈdʒɪtəmɪt; v. -ˌmeɪt/USA pronunciation adj., v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing. adj. - according to law;
lawful:the property's legitimate owner. - following established rules, principles, or standards.
- born of legally married parents:legitimate children.
- valid;
logical:a legitimate conclusion. - justified;
genuine;
reasonable:had a legitimate complaint.
v. [~ + object] - to make legitimate:Parliament legitimated her accession to the throne.
le•git•i•ma•cy /lɪˈdʒɪtəməsi/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] le•git•i•mate•ly, adv. See -leg-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024le•git•i•mate (adj., n. li jit′ə mit;v. li jit′ə māt′),USA pronunciation adj., v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing, n. adj. - according to law;
lawful:the property's legitimate owner. - in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.
- born in wedlock or of legally married parents:legitimate children.
- in accordance with the laws of reasoning;
logically inferable;
logical:a legitimate conclusion. - resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right:a legitimate sovereign.
- not spurious or unjustified;
genuine:It was a legitimate complaint. - of the normal or regular type or kind.
- Show Business[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. - to make lawful or legal;
pronounce or state as lawful:Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne. - to establish as lawfully born:His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law.
- to show or declare to be legitimate or proper:He was under obligation to legitimate his commission.
- to justify;
sanction or authorize:His behavior was legitimated by custom.
n. - Show Business the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama.
- a person who is established as being legitimate.
- Medieval Latin lēgitimātus (past participle of lēgitimāre to make lawful). See legitim, -ate1
- 1485–95
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged legal, licit.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sanctioned.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged valid.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged legalize.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged illegitimate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: legitimate adj /lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt/- born in lawful wedlock; enjoying full filial rights
- conforming to established standards of usage, behaviour, etc
- based on correct or acceptable principles of reasoning
- authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
- of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch
- of or relating to a body of famous long-established plays as distinct from films, television, vaudeville, etc
vb /lɪˈdʒɪtɪˌmeɪt/- (transitive) to make, pronounce, or show to be legitimate
Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus made legal, from lēx lawleˈgitimacy, leˈgitimateness n leˈgitimately adv leˌgitiˈmation n |