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The Meaning of illegitimate
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(a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
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(a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.
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(a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.
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(a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.
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(v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
Synonyms
bastard
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by-blow
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love child
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illegitimate child
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whoreson
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illicit
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outlaw
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outlawed
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unlawful
Antonyms
legitimate
Rhymes
legitimate