Definitions for legitimate

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legitimate le·git·i·mate

Spelling: [adjective, noun li-jit-uh-mit; verb li- Legitimate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 311 anagrams from letters in legitimate (aeegiilmtt).

Definitions for legitimate

adjective

1. according to law; lawful:
2. in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.
3. born in wedlock or of legally married parents:
4. in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical:
5. resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right:
6. not spurious or unjustified; genuine:
7. of the normal or regular type or kind.
8. Theater. of or relating to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, television, motion pictures, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to make lawful or legal; pronounce or state as lawful:
2. to establish as lawfully born:
3. to show or declare to be legitimate or proper:
4. to justify; sanction or authorize:

noun

1. the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama.
2. a person who is established as being legitimate.

Origin of legitimate

First recorded in 1485-95, legitimate is from the Medieval Latin word lēgitimātus (past participle of lēgitimāre to make lawful). See legitim, Examples for legitimate

He was courteous, explained the legitimate reason we were briefly pulled over, and then let us continue on our way.

There are limits to the painting of banditry and extortion as the legitimate raising of taxes.

They looked upon him as legitimate prey, and as legitimate prey he looked upon them.

That, at least, is a legitimate inference to draw from the history of life on this planet.

In 2012, as a 10th grader, Lean says he recorded his first legitimate song, “Hurt.”

Williams sold hardware manufactured by a legitimate company, said Sargent, who took a 25 to 30 percent commission.

It was late autumn; the legitimate racing season had closed.

No end of possibilities lie in the neck—even the "legitimate."

There are legitimate criticisms of the study, but not because it includes “attempted forced kissing,” as Lowry suggested.

At all events, it is a legitimate induction from materialistic premises.