illegitimate

[Il`le*git·i*mate]

Something illegitimate is unlawful, or improper. If you're a doctor, even a great doctor, but you were never certified by the medical board, then you're an illegitimate doctor.

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Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

Noun
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

Adjective S.
contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

Adjective
of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful


a.
Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

a.
Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

a.
Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.

a.
Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.

v. t.
To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.


Illegitimate

Il`le*git"i*mate , a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference. 4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word. Illegitimate fertilization, ∨ Illegitimate union (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. Darwin.

Illegitimate

Il`le*git"i*mate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illegitimated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Illegitimating.] To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue.

Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

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Usage Examples

When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

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Other Usage Examples

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.

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