legitimate
- Adjective. In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
- Adjective. Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
- Adjective. Authentic, real, genuine.
- Adjective. Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
- Adjective. Relating to hereditary rights.
- Verb. To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
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