[syn: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful]
2. of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The marriage should only be dissolved for the future,
without illegitimating the issue. --Bp. Burnet.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Illegitimate \Il`le*git"i*mate\, a.
1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful;
improper.
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2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an
illegitimate child.
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3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an
illegitimate inference.
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4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as,
an illegitimate word.
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Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.),
the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own
length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic
flowers. --Darwin.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
illegitimate
adj 1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure
of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful
measures" [syn: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a),
outlawed, unlawful]
2: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful [ant:
legitimate]
n 1: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn:
bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child,
illegitimate, whoreson]