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verb (legitimates, legitimating, legitimated)
  1. To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
adjective (rfc-level, Adjective at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
  1. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
  2. (obsolete) Authorized; real, genuine.
  3. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
  4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; valid.
Etymology: From legitimatus, past participle of legitimare "to make legal".

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