Legitim(a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.
Legitimate(a.) 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.
Legitimate(a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
Legitimate(a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
Legitimate(a.) Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.
Legitimate(a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
Legitimate(v. t.) 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.
Legitimated(imp. & p. p.) of Legitimate
Legitimately(adv.) In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
Legitimateness(n.) The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.
Legitimating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Legitimate
Legitimation(n.) The act of making legitimate.
Legitimation(n.) Lawful birth.
Legitimism(n.) The principles or plans of legitimists.
Legitimize(v. t.) To legitimate.
Legitimized(imp. & p. p.) of Legitimize
Legitimizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Legitimize
Words within legitimity