le·git·i·mate /-ˌmet/
(a.)合法的,正當的,婚生的(vt.)認為正當,立為嫡嗣,使合法
Le·git·i·mate a.
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, counterfe`t, 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 v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legitimated p. pr. & vb. n. Legitimating ] 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.
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legitimate
adj 1: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful [ant: illegitimate]
2: in accordance with reason or logic; "a logical conclusion"
[syn: logical]
3: in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or
principles; "legitimate advertising practices"
4: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a
legitimate government" [syn: lawful, licit]
v 1: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn: legalize,
legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize,
legitimise, legitimatize, legitimatise] [ant: outlaw,
outlaw, outlaw, outlaw]
2: show or affirm to be just and legitimate
3: make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the
legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural
child"