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单词 legitimation
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
le•git•i•mate /adj. lɪˈdʒɪtəmɪt; v. -ˌmeɪt/USA pronunciation   adj., v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing. 
adj. 
  1. according to law;
    lawful:the property's legitimate owner.
  2. following established rules, principles, or standards.
  3. born of legally married parents:legitimate children.
  4. valid;
    logical:a legitimate conclusion.
  5. justified;
    genuine;
    reasonable:had a legitimate complaint.

v. [+ object]
  1. 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 © 2024
le•git•i•mate  (adj., n. li jitə mit;v. li jitə māt′),USA pronunciation adj., v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing, 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. 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. 
  1. to make lawful or legal;
    pronounce or state as lawful:Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne.
  2. to establish as lawfully born:His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law.
  3. to show or declare to be legitimate or proper:He was under obligation to legitimate his commission.
  4. to justify;
    sanction or authorize:His behavior was legitimated by custom.

n. 
  1. Show Business the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama.
  2. a person who is established as being legitimate.
  • Medieval Latin lēgitimātus (past participle of lēgitimāre to make lawful). See legitim, -ate1
  • 1485–95
le•giti•mate•ly, adv. 
le•giti•mate•ness, n. 
le•git′i•mation, n. 
    • 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.

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