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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents;
[syn: bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. contrary to or forbidden by law;
- Example: "an illegitimate seizure of power"
- Example: "illicit trade"
- Example: "an outlaw strike"
- Example: "unlawful measures"
[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. [1913 Webster] The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference. [1913 Webster] 4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word. [1913 Webster] Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
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]