make+legitimate

  • 21legitimate — To make lawful; to confer legitimacy; e.g., to place a child born before marriage on the legal footing of those born in lawful wedlock legitimate, adj That which is lawful, legal, recognized by law, or according to law; as, legitimate children,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22legitimate — To make lawful; to confer legitimacy; e.g., to place a child born before marriage on the legal footing of those born in lawful wedlock legitimate, adj That which is lawful, legal, recognized by law, or according to law; as, legitimate children,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23legitimate — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ consider sth, deem sth, regard sth as, see sth as ▪ make sth ADVERB …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 24legitimate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lawful, legal; proper, valid; genuine, logical, justifiable. See legality, truth. Ant., illegitimate, invalid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In accordance with legal provisions] Syn. licit, legal,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 25Let's Make a Deal — Infobox Television show name = Let s Make a Deal caption = Let s Make a Deal title card format = Game show camera = runtime = 25 30 min. director = Joe Behar producer = Stefan Hatos starring = Hosts: Monty Hall (1963 1977; 1980 1981; 1984 1986;… …

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  • 26legitimize — legitimate, legitimize 1. As a verb, legitimate is pronounced with the last syllable as ayt and means ‘to make legitimate or legal’. It competes in both BrE and AmE with legitimize, which is the only form used in the meaning ‘to make (a child)… …

    Modern English usage

  • 27legitimacy — legitimate ► ADJECTIVE 1) conforming to the law or to rules. 2) able to be defended with logic or justification: a legitimate excuse. 3) (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other. 4) (of a sovereign) having a title based on… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 28legitimately — legitimate ► ADJECTIVE 1) conforming to the law or to rules. 2) able to be defended with logic or justification: a legitimate excuse. 3) (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other. 4) (of a sovereign) having a title based on… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 29legitimation — legitimate ► ADJECTIVE 1) conforming to the law or to rules. 2) able to be defended with logic or justification: a legitimate excuse. 3) (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other. 4) (of a sovereign) having a title based on… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 30Legitimated — 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 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English