Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - legitimate
Legitimate
legitimate
adj. & v. --adj. 1 a (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other. b (of a parent, birth, descent, etc.) with, of, through, etc., a legitimate child. 2 lawful, proper, regular, conforming to the standard type. 3 logically admissible. 4 a (of a sovereign's title) based on strict hereditary right. b (of a sovereign) having a legitimate title. 5 constituting or relating to serious drama as distinct from musical comedy, revue, etc. --v.tr. 1 make legitimate by decree, enactment, or proof. 2 justify, serve as a justification for. Derivatives legitimacy n. legitimately adv. legitimation n. Etymology: med.L legitimare f. L legitimus lawful f. lex legis law
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English legitimat, from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare to ~, from Latin legitimus ~, from leg-, lex law Date: 15th century 1. lawfully begotten, having full filial rights and obligations by birth , being exactly as purposed ; neither spurious nor false , 3. accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements , ruling by or based on the strict principle of hereditary right , conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards , relating to plays acted by professional actors but not including revues, burlesque, or some forms of musical comedy , see: lawful ~ly adverb II. transitive verb (-mated; -mating) Date: 1531 to make ~:, a. to give legal status or authorization to, to show or affirm to be justified, to lend authority or respectability to, to put (a bastard) in the state of a ~ child before the law by legal means, legitimation noun legitimator noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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