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1.AdjectiveIn accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
2.AdjectiveConforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid."legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method"
3.AdjectiveAuthentic, real, genuine."legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions"
4.AdjectiveMarital."Besides his four legitimate wives, the caliph had dozens of concubines."
5.AdjectiveLawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
6.AdjectiveLegally married."Besides his four legitimate wives, the caliph had dozens of concubines."
7.AdjectiveRelating to hereditary rights.
8.AdjectiveBelonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
9.NounA person born to a legally married couple.
10.VerbTo make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.