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合法的,正当的,婚生的认为正当,立为嫡嗣,使合法

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Legitimate \Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[asl]t), a. [LL. legitimatus, p.
   p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate.
   See {Legal}.]
   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, counterfeit, 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.

Legitimate \Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Legitimated} (-m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legitimating}
   (-m[=a]`t[i^]ng).]
   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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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}]

legitimate
     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"