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legitimated definition and meaning

a. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.
a. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
a. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
a. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.
a. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
v. t. To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child.
imp. & p. p. of Legitimate

Crossword clues for legitimated

- Conforming to the law or to rules
- Licit
- Permitted by law


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