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Antonyms for legitimized


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
Example sentences :
  • 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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