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▸ adjective:  In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
▸ adjective:  Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
▸ adjective:  Authentic, real, genuine.
▸ adjective:  Marital.
▸ adjective:  (of a child) Lawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated.
▸ adjective:  (of a sexual partner) Legally married.
▸ adjective:  Relating to hereditary rights.
▸ adjective:  Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
▸ noun:  A person born to a legally married couple.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.

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