Illegitimate word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "illegitimate" word

[noun] the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
[adjective] 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

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\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}, or {Illegitimate union} (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. --Darwin.
\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. --Bp. Burnet.

Synonyms for illegitimate

adulterine, base, baseborn, bastard, bastard, bastardly, by-blow, fatherless, illegal, illegitimate child, illicit, left-handed, love child, misbegot, misbegotten, outlaw(a), outlawed, spurious, unlawful, whoreson, wrongful

Antonyms: legitimate

Related terms: actionable, anarchistic, bar sinister, bastardy, by-blow, colored, counterfeited, distorted, dressed up, factitious, false, falsified, nonconstitutional, put-on, quasi, simulated, soi-disant, supposititious, tinsel, titivated, unlawful, unnatural

The fun area, different aproach to word »illegitimate«

Let's analyse "illegitimate" as pure text. This string has Twelve letters in Five syllables and Six vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETAMITIGELLI. Average typing speed for these characters is 3405 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .. .-.. .-.. . --. .. - .. -- .- - .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: illegitimate: 9 + 5 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 5 = 38, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: illegitimate: 9 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 2 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 59, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
I (3)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (2)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
T (2)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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