legitimate

Definitions of legitimate in various dictionaries:

verb - make legal

verb - show or affirm to be just and legitimate

verb - make (an illegitimate child) legitimate

adj - of marriages and offspring

adj - based on known statements or events or conditions

adj - in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

adj - authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business.

Being in accordance with established or accepted patterns and standards: legitimate advertising practices.

Based on logical reasoning; reasonable: a legitimate solution to the problem.

Authentic; genuine: a legitimate complaint.

Born of legally married parents: legitimate issue.

Of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch.

Of or relating to drama of high professional quality that excludes burlesque, vaudeville, and some forms of musical comedy: the legitimate theater.

To give legal force or status to; make lawful.

To establish (a child born out of wedlock) as legitimate by legal means.

To sanction formally or officially; authorize.

To demonstrate or declare to be justified.