LEGITIMATE

legitimate. legitimate, lawfull, according to lawe, and good order

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legitimate. Legitimate, a. born in marriage, lawful, proper

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Le‐git″i‐mate (–mā̍t), a. [[LL. legitimatus, p. p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate. See Legal.]] 1. 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. 2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
3. 3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
4. 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. 5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.