Legitimate



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解释

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• adj. 合法的; 正当的
• ［英］ adj. 合法的 ( lawful) ; 正当的 ( reasonable; legal)
• ［记］ legitim ( 合法) +ate -> 合法的;
• ［同］ 参考: legitimize ( 使合法, 正式批准)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English legitimat, from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare to legitimate, from Latin legitimus legitimate, from leg-, lex law
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. lawfully begotten; specifically born in wedlock
  • b. having full filial rights and obligations by birth <a legitimate child>
• 2. being exactly as purposed ; neither spurious nor false <a legitimate grievance><a legitimate practitioner>
• 3.
  • a. accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements <a legitimate government>
  • b. ruling by or based on the strict principle of hereditary right <a legitimate king>
• 4. conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards <a legitimate advertising expenditure><a legitimate inference>
• 5. relating to plays acted by professional actors but not including revues, burlesque, or some forms of musical comedy <the legitimate theater>
• Synonyms: see lawful
• ? legitimately adverb

II. transitive verb (-mated; -mating)

• Date: 1531
• to make legitimate:
  • a.
    • (1) to give legal status or authorization to
    • (2) to show or affirm to be justified
    • (3) to lend authority or respectability to
  • b. to put (a bastard) in the state of a legitimate child before the law by legal means
• ? legitimation noun
• ? legitimator noun

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