单词 | legitimate |
释义 | le·git·i·mate 1 /lə-'ji-tə-mət/ adj [Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare to give legal status to, from Latin legitimus legally sanctioned, from leg-, lex law] 1: conceived or born of parents lawfully married to each other or having been made through legal procedure equal in status to one so conceived or born; also: having rights and obligations under the law as the child of such birth 2: being neither spurious nor false a ~ grievance 3: being in accordance with law or with established legal forms and requirements a ~ government 4: conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards a ~ claim of entitlement a ~ business reason le·git·i·mate·ly adv le·git·i·mate 2 /lə-'ji-tə-ˌmāt/ vt -mat·ed, -mat·ing: to make legitimate: as a: to give legal status or authorization to b: to show or affirm to be justified or have merit c: to put (an illegitimate child) in the state of a child born of married parents before the law by legal means compare filiate le·git·i·ma·tion /lə-ˌji-tə-'mā-shən/ n |
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