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illegitimate

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1. illegitimate - Noun

2. illegitimate - Adjective

3. illegitimate - Verb

4. illegitimate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

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

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

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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an illegitimate seizure of power Source: Internet

illicit trade Source: Internet

an outlaw strike Source: Internet

unlawful measures Source: Internet

AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has described as “illegitimate” a royal family imbizo held at Bumbane Great Place earlier on Friday which resolved he be removed as king of AbaThembu and replaced by his son Azenathi. Source: Internet

According to a new edition of Severn's letters and memoirs, Severn fathered an illegitimate child named Henry (b. 31 Aug 1819) about a year before leaving England for Italy. Source: Internet

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