Legitimate

Definitions: Legitimate

Legitimate

Adjective

1. Of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful.

2. In accordance with reason or logic; "a logical conclusion".

3. In accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles; "legitimate advertising practices".

4. Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government".

Verb

1. Make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized".

Date "legitimate" was first used: sometime in the mid-15th century. (references)

Synonyms: Legitimate

Synonyms: lawful (adj), licit (adj), logical (adj), decriminalise (v), decriminalize (v), legalise (v), legalize (v), legitimatize (v), legitimize (v). (additional references)

Antonyms: illegitimate (adj), outlaw (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dueness	Allowable; (permitted); lawful, licit, legitimate, legal; legalized; (law).
Legality	Adjective: legal, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized; lawful; (permitted); statutable, statutory; legislatorial, legislative; regulatory, regulated.
Permission	Adjective: permitting; Verb: permissive, indulgent; permitted; Verb: patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized; (law); licit; unforbid, unforbidden; unconditional.
Right	Legitimate, justifiable, rightful; as it should be, as it ought to be; lawful; (permitted), (legal).
Truth	Genuine, authentic, legitimate; orthodox; a; official, ex officio.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Look, Mead, part of my income comes from legitimate businesses, stock market -- (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ram�n De Espa�a) Well, I don't know what you have in mind, Herr General, but, uh, with the offensive at its height, well, there'd have to be some legitimate excuse to order him to come. (The Blue Max; writing credit: Jack Hunter; Ben Barzman) A legitimate question, young man, deserving a legitimate answer. (Adventures of the Road Runner; writing credit: John W. Dunn; Chuck Jones) But motives are nullified by a legitimate alibi. (Rehearsal for Murder; writing credit: Richard Levinson; William Link)
Lyrics	And legitimate excuses ("Praying For Time"; performing artist: George Michael)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	At This Theatre: An Informal History of New York's Legitimate Theatres (reference) Dissent and Order in the Middle Ages: The Search for Legitimate Authority (Twayne's Studies in Intellectual and Cultural History, No 3) (reference) Excellence and Precedence: Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership (Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts, 36) (reference) Matters of Principle: Legitimate Legal Argument and Constitutional Interpretation (reference) Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Crime Inc.: Make it Legitimate (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Benjamin Haydon	The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
Edmund Burke	An absolute democracy, no more than absolute monarchy, is to be reckoned among the legitimate forms of government.
James Allen	Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
Niccolo Machiavelli	A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
Pierre Corneille	Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort	Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
Thomas Jefferson	The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.
	The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government.
William Henry Harrison	We admit of no government by divine right, the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The amount and specifications of such cessions shall be determined within one year of the coming into force of the present Treaty by an arbitrator or arbitrators appointed by the United States of America, due regard being had to the legitimate needs of the parties concerned. (reference)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	1963	This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1947)
Roe v. Wade	1973	Though the State cannot override that right, it has legitimate interests in protecting both the pregnant woman's health and the potentiality of human life, each of which interests grows and reaches a "compelling" point at various stages of the woman's approach to term. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	All were legitimate sons of the French Revolution.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	If we must have a Jesus, let us have a legitimate Jesus.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some analogs are produced by pharmaceutical companies for legitimate medical reasons. (references)
		There is legitimate concern, however, regarding the toxicity associated with cytotoxic regimens in this population. (references)
		Even when using aerosols or volatile products for their legitimate purposes (i.e., painting, cleaning), it is wise to do so in a well-ventilated room or outdoors. (references)
Business		Their legitimate rights and interests are protected. (references)
		In fact, Jaguar closed their showroom recently for lack of legitimate business. (references)
		Only significant reduction in price and improved service by legitimate dealers could slow software piracy. (references)
Children	Cuba	It also states that children, legitimate or not, have the same rights under the law and notes the duties of parents to protect them. (references)
	Jordan	Illegitimate children are entitled to the same rights under the law as legitimate children; however, in practice they suffer severe discrimination in a society that does not tolerate adultery or premarital sex. (references)
	Norway	During the year, 697 sexual assaults by nonfamily members and 120 assaults by family members were reported, compared to 191 reported sexual assaults on children by nonfamily members and 96 assaults by family members in 2000. Children's rights advocates have expressed concern that authorities have not pursued investigations in some legitimate cases of child abuse. (references)
Civil Liberties	Laos	Citizens who lodge legitimate complaints with government departments generally do not suffer reprisals. (references)
	Pakistan	A wide spectrum of opposition groups opposed this measure, fearing that it would be used to silence legitimate dissent. (references)
	Iran	Consequently children of Baha'i marriages were not recognized as legitimate and therefore were denied inheritance rights. (references)
Discrimination	Belarus	Both the 1994 and 1996 Constitutions state that all citizens are equal before the law and have the right to equal protection of their rights and legitimate interests; however, they do not prohibit specifically discrimination based on factors such as race, sex, or religion. (references)
Economic History	South Korea	Both administrations claimed to be the only legitimate government on the peninsula. (references)
	Syria	Michel Aoun who had defied efforts at reconciliation with the legitimate Government of Lebanon. (references)
Human Rights	Uzbekistan	The CPRI engages in legitimate human rights work, but it refrains from criticizing the President. (references)
	Colombia	The seizure of financial documents revealed that legitimate businesses finance the right wing groups. (references)
	China	Lawyers' professional associations have called for better protection of lawyers and their legitimate role in the adversarial process. (references)
Political Economy	Mauritius	Political issues are decided peacefully in legitimate channels. (references)
	PARAGUAY	The law prohibits the registration of a trademark by parties with no legitimate interests. (references)
	Djibouti	In the accord, the Government agreed to recognize the FRUD as a legitimate political party. (references)
Political Rights	Russia	Paid political advertisements in newspapers often are disguised as legitimate news stories. (references)
	Guinea-Bissau	This "coalition" government unraveled when President Yala sought to assert what he perceived as his legitimate constitutional authority. (references)
	Singapore	The PAP has maintained its political dominance in part by developing voter support through effective administration and its record in bringing economic prosperity to the country, and in part by manipulating the electoral framework, intimidating organized political opposition, and circumscribing the bounds of legitimate political discourse and action. (references)
Trade	Burma	However, the result has often been to dampen legitimate trade. (references)
	Jamaica	U.S. taxpayers are allowed to deduct legitimate business expenses incurred in attending business meetings and conventions in Jamaica. (references)
	Armenia	This practice may sometimes affect the cost of imported products even in cases with legitimate invoices, as customs has the right to apply a comparator price, if it considers the invoice to be understated. (references)
Travel	Nepal	The process can be expedited if the person can be readily identified as a legitimate business representative. (references)
	Taiwan	Resident Visas are issued to foreign nationals who intend to stay in Taiwan for more than six months for study or research, employment, investment, missionary work, joining family members, or other legitimate reasons. (references)
Women	Angola	Upon the death of a male head of household, the widow automatically is entitled to 50 percent of the estate with the remainder divided equally among legitimate children. (references)
Worker Rights	Cambodia	In other cases, parents are tricked into believing the child will be given legitimate work in the city. (references)
	Mexico	In many cases, those who brought them in the country promised them employment in legitimate occupations. (references)
	Costa Rica	In a 1998 incident, a company in the banana industry refused to negotiate with a legitimate union for 3 years. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TREE, n. A tall vegetable intended by nature to serve as a penal apparatus, though through a miscarriage of justice most trees bear only a negligible fruit, or none at all. When naturally fruited, the tree is a beneficient agency of civilization and an important factor in public morals. In the stern West and the sensitive South its fruit (white and black respectively) though not eaten, is agreeable to the public taste and, though not exported, profitable to the general welfare. That the legitimate relation of the tree to justice was no discovery of Judge Lynch (who, indeed, conceded it no primacy over the lamp-post and the bridge-girder) is made plain by the following passage from Morryster, who antedated him by two centuries: While in yt londe I was carried to see ye Ghogo tree, whereof I had hearde moch talk; but sayynge yt I saw naught remarkabyll in it, ye hed manne of ye villayge where it grewe made answer as followeth: "Ye tree is not nowe in fruite, but in his seasonne you shall see dependynge fr. his braunches all soch as have affroynted ye King his Majesty." And I was furder tolde yt ye worde "Ghogo" sygnifyeth in yr tong ye same as "rapscal" in our owne. Trauvells in ye Easte
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Robert Wagner	Dr. Evil, while you were in space, I created a way for us to make huge sums of legitimate money and still maintain the ethics and the business practices of an evil organization. I have turned us into a talent agency, the Hollywood Talent Agency.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Buchanan	1857-1861	Let every Union-loving man, therefore, exert his best influence to suppress this agitation, which since the recent legislation of Congress is without any legitimate object.
Rutherford Hayes	1877-1881	To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
William H. Taft	1909-1913	I believe that the amendments to be proposed are just as necessary in the protection of legitimate business as in the clinching of the reforms which properly bear the name of my predecessor.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	The Federal Government must protect legitimate business and consumers from predatory and monopolistic practices by the vigilant enforcement of regulatory legislation.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Neither the bill supporters nor I believe anything should be done to infringe upon the legitimate right of our citizens to bear arms for hunting and sporting purposes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Legitimate" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.56% of the time. "Legitimate" is used about 1,580 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.56%	1,573	5,250
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.32%	5	157,705
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.13%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	1,580	N/A

Expressions using "legitimate": legitimate charge ♦ legitimate children ♦ legitimate drama ♦ legitimate issue ♦ legitimate pride ♦ legitimate smoke ♦ legitimate theatre. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "legitimate": non-legitimate, quasi-legitimate, ultra-legitimate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "legitimate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		logjik (closely-knit, consequent, logical), ligjëroj (discourse, legalise, legalize, legitimize, orate, perorate), përligj (legitimize, sanctify, vindicate, warrant), i pranueshëm (acceptable, admissible, eligible, endurable, permissible, reasonable, satisfactory, so so, tolerable), i arsyeshëm (level headed, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoning, sane, sensible), i arësyeshëm (level headed, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoning, sane, sensible), adoptoj (adopt, domesticate, legitimize, vote through). (various references)

Arabic		‏منطقي (discursive, logical, logistic, rational, reasonable, regional, zonal), ‏قانوني (fair, jural, jurist, juristic, lawful, legal, legist, licit, rightful, statutory, valid), ‏جعله قانونيا (legalise, legalize, regularize), ‏أجاز (accredit, allow, clear, endorse, indorse, legalise, legalize, legitimize, licence, license, patent, permit, sanction, steam roller, vouchsafe, warrant), ‏شرعي (de jure, judicial, judiciary, lawful, legal, prima facie, rightful, true, valid). (various references)

Bulgarian		узаконявам (authorise, authorize, legalise, legalize, regularize, validate, warrant), справедлив (candid, equitable, even, even handed, fair, just, lawful, right, righteous), основателен (lawful, righteous, solid, warrantable, well founded, well grounded), отговарящ на определени правила, оправдавам (acquit, authorise, authorize, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, fulfill, justify, purge, sanctify, vindicate, warrant), законнороден, законен (allowable, jural, lawful, legal, licit, sound, vested, warrantable), легитимен, привеждам основания за, приет (done, proper, received, regular, standing). (various references)

Chinese		合法 (lawful, legal). (various references)

Czech		legitimní (legal), legální (lawful, legal, licit), zákonný (legal, rightful, statutory), právní (juristic, juristical, legal), odùvodnìný (justified, valid, well founded). (various references)

Danish		legitime interesser (+ definition) (legitimate interests (+ definition)), legitim roeg (legitimate smoke), legitim bruger (legitimate user), landbrugernes legitime interesser (legitimate interest of the breeder), princippet om beskyttelse af den berettigede forventning (principle of legitimate expectation), påkalde sig god tro (to rely on the argument of legitimate expectations), hindring for den lovlige samhandel (barrier to legitimate trade), goere berettigede fritagelsesgrunde gaeldende (provided one has legitimate grounds, to ask to be excused from serving), erhvervskredses legitime interesser (legitimate business interests), der er foedt i aegteskab (legitimate child), berettiget forventning (legitimate expectations), barn (adopted child, bairn, barn, child, dependent child, descendant, infant, legitimate child, offspring, son, successor node, young), at den legitime udfoerelse af deres erhvervsmaessige arbejde hverken vil goere journalister til genstand for udvisning eller paa anden maade for straf (the legitimate pursuit of professional activity will neither render journalists liable to expulsion nor otherwise penalize them), aegteskabelig fertilitetskvotient (legitimate fertility rate). (various references)

Dutch		rechtmatige belange van de kweker (legitimate interest of the breeder), de rechtmatige uitoefening van hun beroepswerkzaamheden zal journalisten noch blootstellen aan uitwijzing, noch aan andere sancties onderwerpen (the legitimate pursuit of professional activity will neither render journalists liable to expulsion nor otherwise penalize them), echtelijk vruchtbaarheidscijfer (legitimate fertility rate), een beroep doen op het gewettigd vertrouwen (to rely on the argument of legitimate expectations), geldige redenen tot verschoning aanvoeren (provided one has legitimate grounds, to ask to be excused from serving), gerechtvaardigde grondslag (legitimate basis), niet verdachte rook (legitimate smoke), noodweer (defence, defense, legitimate self-defence), belemmering voor legitiem handelsverkeer (barrier to legitimate trade), wettige zuster (legitimate sister), rechtmatige gebruiker (legitimate user), vertrouwensbeginsel (principle of legitimate expectation), wettig kind (legitimate child), wettige belangen van het bedrijfsleven (legitimate business interests), wettige geboorte (legitimate birth), wettige rook (legitimate smoke), wettige zelfverdediging (legitimate self-defence), wettige zus (legitimate sister), rechtmatig vertrouwen (legitimate expectations). (various references)

Farsi		مشروع (Lawful, Legal, Loyal, Rightful), قانونی (Canonical, Juridical, Lawful, Legal, Standard, Statutory, Valid), حلال زاده , درست (Accurate, Authentic, Conscionable, Correct, Entire, Even, Exact, Genuine, Integral, Just, Orthodox, Outandout, Perfect, Plumb, Right, Smackdab, Sock, Sound, Straight, Straightforward, True, Trustworthy, Upright, Valid, Veracious, Whole), برحق . (various references)

Finnish		laillistaa, laillinen (lawful, legal, valid), oikeudenmukainen (fair, just, righteous, rightful). (various references)

French		logique, légitimer, légitime (legal), bien fondé. (various references)

German		rechtmäßig (allowable, lawful, lawfully, legal, legally, rightful, rightfully, sound). (various references)

Greek		νόμιμοσ (lawful, legal, licit, rightful), θεμιτόσ (licit). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"כריז כחוקי, ל�"צ�"יק (acquit, approve, excuse, justify, vindicate, warrant), ל�'יטימי, חוקי (lawful, legal, legit, licit). (various references)

Hungarian		törvényes uralkodó, törvényes (juridical, lawful, legal, licit, rightful, statutory, to take legal measures), jogos (equitable, just, justifiable, lawful, legal, righteous, rightful), szabályszerű (formal, normal, proper, regular, regulation, stand-up fight, true), irodalmi értékű dráma (legitimate drama), helyes (appropriate, apt, compt, correct, fitting, nice, nice-looking, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, Ortho, pertinent, proper, quite so, right, Roger, seemly, true, well), helyénvaló (anomalous, apposite, appropriate, impertinent, pertinent, proper, right), alaposan indokolt. (various references)

Indonesian		sah (lawful, legal, rightful), absah (legal, rightful). (various references)

Italian		legittimo (just, lawful, legal, perfect, righteous, rightful, unobjectionable). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		立派 (elegant, fine, handsome, imposing, legal, prominent, splendid), 本腹 , 正規 (established, formal, legal, regular), 正統 (orthodox, traditional), 正�" (due, equitable, just, justifiable, lawful, proper, reasonable, right), 合法的 (in order, lawful, legal, low-abiding). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ほ�"ぷく (complete recovery from illness), ほ�"ばら, せいとう (conquest, correct answer, due, due east, equitable, just, justifiable, lawful, meticulous, orthodox, political party, porcelain manufacturing, proper, reasonable, refined sugar, right, subjugation, sugar manufacture, sugar refining, traditional), せいき (animation, century, Christian era, consciousness, era, essence, established, formal, genital, happen, legal, life, life energy, occurrence, prosperous period, regular, sanity, soberness, spirit, take place, true character, true heart, true spirit, verve, vigor, vitality), �"うほうてき (in order, lawful, legal, low-abiding), りっぱ (elegant, fine, handsome, imposing, legal, prominent, splendid). (various references)

Korean		� �당한 (rightful). (various references)

Manx		neuoainjeragh (legitimacy), lowallagh (allowable, approver, approving, justifiable), lowal (allow, allow permit, allowable, justify, lawful), leighoil (lawful, legal, legislative). (various references)

Norwegian		lovmessig, lovliggjøre (legalize), legitimere, ektefødt. (various references)

Pig Latin		egitimatelay

Portuguese		legitimar (authorise, authorize, legitimize, legume), legítimo (apparent, authentic, fit, honest, just, lawful, legal, rightful, true born, warrantable, wedded), legalizar (enact, legalise, legalize, legitimize, to authenticate), legal (bang up, cool, enactment, honest, juridical capacity, juristical, jurists, lawful, legal, licit, nice, rightful, statutory), racional (discus, labour, laburnum, rational), procedente de matrimônio, justificar (deraign, exculpation, explainable, instantiate, justify, substantiate, vindicate, warrant), filiação legítima. (various references)

Romanian		legitima (identify), legitim (justified, lawful, legal, right, rightful), legal (jural, juridical, juristic, juristical, just, justifiable, lawful, lawfully, legal, legally, licit, rightful, sound), regulat (equable, even, harmonious, normal, orderly, ordinary, regular, regularly, rhythmic, rhythmical, smooth, staple, steady), recunoaşte ca legal, normal (natural, normal, ordinariness, ordinary, rated, regular, sane, standard), justificat (just, righteous, rightful), drept (as, attribution, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, due, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, fairly, for, forthright, honest, just, justice, justly, kind, law, patent, permission, plain, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, reasonable, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright), adopta (adopt, affiliate, assume, choose, embrace, espouse, follow, receive, take), înfia (affiliate, father), îndreptãţit (righteous, rightful). (various references)

Russian		законный (judicial, juridical, justifiable, lawful, legal, licit, recognized, rightful, true, vested, warrantable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		legitiman, zakonski, zakonit (lawful, legal, rightful), propisan (orderly), opravdati (account, acquit, clear, excuse, justify, vindicate, warrant), opravdan (excused, justifiable, justified, valid). (various references)

Spanish		legítimo (aboveboard, genuine, legal, pukka, real, rightful, sound). (various references)

Swedish		rättmätig (just, justifiable, lawful, right, rightful, true), legitim, laglig (lawful, legal, licit, sound). (various references)

Turkish		yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitted, grandiloquent, in, in one's stead, in place, just, on the premises, opportune, Pat, pertinent, pointed, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, suitable, valid, well, well-judged), yasal hale getirmek (legitimatize, legitimize, make legal), yasal (clean, competent, de jure, juridical, juristic, juristical, lawful, legal, legit, licit, right, rightful, solemn, sound, statutory, technical, valid), soydan gelen, onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, sustain, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, witness), meşrulaştırmak, meşru (lawful, legit, licit, statutory), mazur göstermek (blanch over, excuse, extenuate, legitimatize, legitimize, palliate, warrant), mantıklı (common-sensical, just, level, level headed, likely, logical, plausible, rational, reasonable, sensible, valid), haklı çıkarmak (justify, legitimatize, legitimize, prove smb. right, right, vindicate), haklı (de jure, just, right, rightful), babası olduğunu onaylamak (legitimatize, legitimize), akla uygun (advisable, colorable, conceivable, judicious, possible, reasonable). (various references)

Turkmen		kanuny (legal, natural). (various references)

Ukranian		усиновляти (adopt, affiliate, legitimize, mother), узаконювати (legalise, legalize, legitimize), визнавати законним (legitimize), виправданий (acquitted, exonerate, justified), законнонароджений, законний (allowable, juristic, juristical, justiciary, lawful, legal, licit, nomothetic, recognized, rightful, true, vested). (various references)

Vietnamese		hợp pháp chính đáng; chính thống có lý, hợp lôgic. (various references)

Welsh		cyfreithlon (lawful, legal). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	legitima, legitimam, legitime, legitimis, legitimum, legitimus, legitiums. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	dâitîm. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "legitimate": legitimated, legitimately, legitimates. (additional references)
	Words ending with "legitimate": illegitimate. (additional references)
	Words containing "legitimate": illegitimately. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Legitimate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: legimitate, legitamate, legitemate, legitimat, legitime, legitimiti, legitmate, leigitimate, ligitimate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "legitimate" (pronounced luji"tumut)
7	-j i" t u m u t	illegitimate.
5	-t u m u t	estimate, guesstimate, intimate, ultimate.
4	-u m u t	animate, approximate, consummate, inanimate, proximate.
3	-m u t	climate, comet, gamut, helmet, hermit, limit, microclimate, plummet, summit, vomit.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-i-l-m-t-t"
	-2 letters: litigate, militate, mitigate.
	-3 letters: egalite, imitate, meltage, mileage, teatime.
	-4 letters: aiglet, eaglet, elegit, gamete, gelate, gelati, gimlet, legate, ligate, mealie, metage, metate, mettle, milage, telega.
	-5 letters: agile, aglee, aglet, atilt, eagle, elate, elemi, elite, email, gimel, gleam, gleet, glime, image, latte, legit, liege, limit, litai, maile, matte, metal, milia, telae, telia, title.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-i-l-m-t-t"
	+1 letter: legitimated, legitimates.
	+2 letters: illegitimate, legitimately, legitimatize.
	+3 letters: legitimatized, legitimatizes.
	+4 letters: delegitimation, illegitimately.
	+5 letters: delegitimations.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 65 67 69 74 69 6D 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.. . --. .. - .. -- .- - .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100101 01100111 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#101 &#103 &#105 &#116 &#105 &#109 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0065 0067 0069 0074 0069 006D 0061 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
legitimate work at home	223	legitimate clerical work at home	5
legitimate work at home job	197	free legitimate work at home job	5
legitimate work from home	139	legitimate business	5
legitimate work from home job	96	legitimate home based job	5
legitimate home business	61	company envelope legitimate stuffing	5
legitimate home based business	40	envelope job legitimate stuffing	5
legitimate home business opportunity	28	legitimate charity	4
legitimate at home job	21	legitimate online pharmacy	4
legitimate	19	gambling legitimate online	4
legitimate work at home opportunity	18	data entry free from home legitimate work	4
legitimate power	10	legitimate online job	4
legitimate work at home company	10	envelope home legitimate stuffing work	4
legitimate work at home business	10	citizen government legitimate	4
legitimate home based business opportunity	9	gaming legitimate online	4
legitimate home employment	9	legitimate telecommuting job	4
fee home job legitimate no	8	legitimate home computer business	4
envelope legitimate stuffing	8	legitimate business opportunity	4
legitimate work from home opportunity	7	legitimate online money making	4
legitimate money making idea	7	legitimate work from home business	4
legitimate free poetry contest	6	home legitimate real work	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Legitimate

Definitions: Legitimate

Legitimate

Adjective

Verb

Synonyms: Legitimate

Synonyms within Context: Legitimate

Dueness

Legality

Permission

Right

Truth

Crosswords: Legitimate

Modern Usage: Legitimate

Screenplays

Lyrics

Commercial Usage: Legitimate

Books

Theater & Movies

Familiar Quotations: Legitimate

Benjamin Haydon

Edmund Burke

James Allen

Niccolo Machiavelli

Pierre Corneille

Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

Thomas Jefferson

William Henry Harrison

Historic Usage: Legitimate

Treaty of Versailles

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Roe v. Wade

Use in Literature: Legitimate

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Non-Fiction Usage: Legitimate

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Legitimate

Robert Wagner

Speeches: Legitimate

James Buchanan

Rutherford Hayes

William H. Taft

Harry S. Truman

Ronald Reagan

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Legitimate

Expressions: Legitimate

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Legitimate

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