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legitimate

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

make (an illegitimate child) legitimate

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Senses

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show or affirm to be just and legitimate

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make legal

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value
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Automation

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Variants

synonym
decriminalisedecriminalizelegaliselegalizelegitimatiselegitimatizelegitimiselegitimize
pasttense
legitimated
presentparticiple
legitimating
thirdpersonsingular
legitimates
pastparticiple
legitimated