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The correct spelling is legitimate.
How to pronounce legitimate
noun
Say it like: Lej-iti-mat-e
The correct spelling is legitimate. A person born to a legally married couple. For example: "legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method"
Usage Examples
“legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method”
“legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A person born to a legally married couple.
verb
- 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
- 1.In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
- 2.Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
- 3.Authentic, real, genuine.
- 4.Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
- 5.Relating to hereditary rights.
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