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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : li-jit-uh-mahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɪˈdʒɪt əˌmaɪz |
Definition of legitimized
Origin :- 1795, from Latin legitimus (see legitimate) + -ize. Earlier was legitimatize (1791). Related: Legitimized; legitimizing.
- verb legalize
- He cannot be legitimized even on the subsequent marriage of his parents.
- Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- The child is not legitimized on the marriage of its parents.
- Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- It would cease in that case to be meddling, as you term it, for it would be legitimized.
- Extract from : « Characteristics of Women » by Anna Jameson
- It is gentry in reality, for had poor Papa been legitimized, he would have been a nobleman.
- Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith
- It is condoned in law—one might almost say legitimized, provided it be not found out.
- Extract from : « Ifugao Law » by R. F. Burton
- You are legitimized by love, your sister is legitimate by law.
- Extract from : « A Woman of the World » by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- So the child that was presently born to Lady Rose could not be legitimized.
- Extract from : « Lady Rose's Daughter » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Children of concubines, however, may be legitimized, in case there are no lawful descendants.
- Extract from : « Oriental Women » by Edward Bagby Pollard
- As Miss Charlotte rather boldly said, he has legitimized the beating by marrying the woman.
- Extract from : « The Diary of a Saint » by Arlo Bates
- These children could be legitimized by their father's acknowledgment before witnesses, and were often adopted.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 » by Various
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