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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Illegitimate \Il`le*git"i*mate\, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as an illegitimate child. 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as an illegitimate inference. 4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as an illegitimate word {Illegitimate fertilization}, or {Illegitimate union} (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. --Darwin. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Illegitimate \Il`le*git"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illegitimated}; p. pr & vb n. {Illegitimating}.] To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize. The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue. --Bp. Burnet. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: illegitimate adj 1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" [syn: {illicit}, {outlaw(a)}, {outlawed}, {unlawful}] 2: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful [ant: {legitimate}] n : the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn: {bastard}, {by-blow}, {love child}, {illegitimate child}]
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