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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   legitimate

   • adj.
     conforming to the law or to rules；able to be defended with logic or justification
   • v.
     make legitimate; justify or make lawful

   • verb: legitimate, 3rd person present: legitimates, gerund or present participle: legitimating, past tense: legitimated, past participle: legitimated

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. conforming to the law or to rules his claims to legitimate authority 同義詞 legal, lawful, licit, legalized, authorized, ... 更多permitted, permissible, allowable, allowed, admissible, recognized, sanctioned, approved, licensed, statutory, constitutional, within the law, going by the rules, above board, valid, honest, upright, informallegit, by the book反義詞 illegal, illegitimate
   • ▪ able to be defended with logic or justification a legitimate excuse for being late 同義詞 valid, sound, admissible, acceptable, well founded, ... 更多justifiable, reasonable, sensible, tenable, defensible, supportable, just, warrantable, fair, bona fide, proper, genuine, plausible, credible, believable, reliable, understandable, logical, rational反義詞 invalid, unjustifiable
   • ▪ (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other. 同義詞 rightful, lawful, genuine, authentic, real, ... 更多true, proper, correct, authorized, sanctioned, warranted, acknowledged, recognized, approved, just, informallegit, kosher, pukka反義詞 false, fraudulent
   • ▪ (of a sovereign) having a title based on strict hereditary right the last legitimate Anglo-Saxon king 同義詞 rightful, lawful, genuine, authentic, real, ... 更多true, proper, correct, authorized, sanctioned, warranted, acknowledged, recognized, approved, just, informallegit, kosher, pukka反義詞 false, fraudulent
   • ▪ constituting or relating to serious drama as distinct from musical comedy, revue, etc. the legitimate theater

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make legitimate; justify or make lawful the regime was not legitimated by popular support