legitimate

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for legitimate

legitimate 🔊 /lʌʤɪˈtʌmʌt/

legitimate : නියම

legitimate : ශාස්ත්‍රසම්මත

legitimate : සුදුසු

legitimate : සුජාතක

legitimate : යුතු

legitimate : නීත්‍යනුකූල

legitimate : සුජාත

legitimate : යුක්තියුක්ත

legitimate : තර්කයට එකඟ

legitimate : ඖරස

legitimate : යුක්තිසහගත

legitimate definition

Adjective.

  1. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.
  2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
  3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
  4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.
  5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

Transitive verb. To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; Especially., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child.