English-Thai Dictionary

legitimate

ADJ ตามหลักการ หรือ กฎเกณ ฑ์ ที่ตั้ง ไว้  ตาม ทำนองคลองธรรม  sanctioned tam-lak-kan-rue-kod-ken-ti-tang-wai

 

legitimate

ADJ ถูกต้องตามกฎหมาย  ชอบด้วยกฎหมาย  lawful licit legal tuk-tong-tam-kod-mai

 

legitimate

ADJ ถูกต้อง ตามเหตุผล  ตาม ตรรกะ  logical valid tuk-tong-tam-hed-pon

 

legitimate

ADJ ที่เกิด จาก บิดา มารดา ซึ่ง สมรส กัน ตามกฎหมาย  ที่ เป็น บุตร ตามกฎหมาย  ti-koed-jak-bi-da-man-da-sueng-som-rod-kan-tam-kod-mai

 

legitimate

ADJ แท้จริง  ปลอม  เก๊  หลอกลวง  tea-jing

 

legitimate

VT ทำให้ ถูกกฎหมาย  legalize tam-hai-tuk-kod-mai

 

legitimate

VT ทำให้ เป็น บุตร ถูกต้องตามกฎหมาย  tam-hai-pen-bud-ti-tuk-tong-tam-kod-mai

 

legitimate

VT พิสูจน์ ให้ เห็น ว่า ถูกต้องตามกฎหมาย  pi-sud-hai-hen-wa-tuk-tong-tam-kod-mai

 

legitimately

ADV อย่าง ถูกต้องตามกฎหมาย  อย่างถูกต้อง สมควร  yarng-took-tong-tam-kod-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEGITIMATE

a.[L. legitimus, from lex, law. ] 1. Lawfully begotten or born; born in wedlock; as legitimate heirs or children.
2. Genuine; real; proceeding from a pure source; not false or spurious; as legitimate arguments or inferences.

 

LEGITIMATE

v.t. 1. To make lawful
2. To render legitimate; to communicate the rights of a legitimate child to one that is illegitimate; to invest with the rights of a lawful heir.

 

LEGITIMATELY

adv. 1. Lawfully; according to law.
2. Genuinely; not falsely.

 

LEGITIMATENESS

n.legality; lawfulness; genuineness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEGITIMATE

Le *git "i *mate, a. Etym: [LL. legitimatus, p. p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate. See Legal. ]

 

1. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.

 

2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

 

3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.

 

4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors. Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.

 

5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

 

LEGITIMATE

Le *git "i *mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legitimated; p. pr. & vb. n.Legitimating.]

 

Defn: To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp. , to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child. To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to approve, even to legitimate vice. Milton.

 

LEGITIMATELY

LEGITIMATELY Le *git "i *mate *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.

 

LEGITIMATENESS

LEGITIMATENESS Le *git "i *mate *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

legitimate

le git i mate ▶adjective |liˈjitəmit ləˈʤɪdəmət |conforming to the law or to rules: his claims to legitimate authority. • able to be defended with logic or justification: a legitimate excuse for being late. • (of a child ) born of parents lawfully married to each other. • (of a sovereign ) having a title based on strict hereditary right: the last legitimate Anglo-Saxon king. • constituting or relating to serious drama as distinct from musical comedy, revue, etc.: the legitimate theater. ▶verb |-ˌmāt ləˈʤɪdəmeɪt | [ with obj. ] make legitimate; justify or make lawful: the regime was not legitimated by popular support. DERIVATIVES le git i ma cy |-məsē |noun, le git i mate ly |-mitlē |adverb, le git i ma tion |liˌjitəˈmāSHən |noun, le git i ma tize |-məˌtīz |verb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘born of parents lawfully married to each other ’): from medieval Latin legitimatus ‘made legal, ’ from the verb legitimare, from Latin legitimus ‘lawful, ’ from lex, leg- ‘law. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

legitimate

le ¦git ¦im |ate ▶adjective |lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət | 1 conforming to the law or to rules: his claims to legitimate authority. • (of a child ) born of parents lawfully married to each other. • (of a sovereign ) having a title based on strict hereditary right. 2 able to be defended with logic or justification; valid: a legitimate excuse for being late. 3 constituting or relating to serious drama as distinct from musical comedy, revue, etc.: the legitimate theatre. ▶verb |lɪˈdʒɪtɪmeɪt | [ with obj. ] make lawful or justify: the regime was not legitimated by popular support. DERIVATIVES legitimately |-mətli |adverb, legitimation |-ˈmeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, legitimatization noun, legitimatize (also legitimatise ) verb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘born of parents lawfully married to each other ’): from medieval Latin legitimatus ‘made legal ’, from the verb legitimare, from Latin legitimus ‘lawful ’, from lex, leg- ‘law ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

legitimate

legitimate adjective 1 the only form of legitimate gambling: legal, lawful, licit, legalized, authorized, permitted, permissible, allowable, allowed, admissible, sanctioned, approved, licensed, statutory, constitutional; informal legit, street legal. ANTONYMS illegal. 2 the legitimate heir: rightful, lawful, genuine, authentic, real, true, proper, authorized, sanctioned, acknowledged, recognized. ANTONYMS false, fraudulent. 3 legitimate grounds for doubt: valid, sound, well-founded, justifiable, reasonable, sensible, just, fair, bona fide. ANTONYMS illegal.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

legitimate

legitimate adjective 1 they have been given permission to run gambling halls, the only legitimate gambling in the area: legal, lawful, licit, legalized, authorized, permitted, permissible, allowable, allowed, admissible, recognized, sanctioned, approved, licensed, statutory, constitutional, within the law, going by the rules, above board, valid, honest, upright; informal legit, by the book. ANTONYMS illegal, illegitimate. 2 the legitimate heir: rightful, lawful, genuine, authentic, real, true, proper, correct, authorized, sanctioned, warranted, acknowledged, recognized, approved, just; informal legit, kosher, pukka. ANTONYMS false, fraudulent. 3 these are legitimate grounds for unease: valid, sound, admissible, acceptable, well founded, justifiable, reasonable, sensible, tenable, defensible, supportable, just, warrantable, fair, bona fide, proper, genuine, plausible, credible, believable, reliable, understandable, logical, rational. ANTONYMS invalid, unjustifiable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

legitimate

le git i mate /lɪdʒɪ́təmət /形容詞 more ～; most ～｟かたく ｠(↔illegitimate )1 法にかなった , 合法的な (lawful )▸ legitimate proceedings 合法的な手続き 2 道理に合った , 合理的な (reasonable ); 本物の .3 (比較なし )〈子供が 〉正式の夫婦の間に生まれた , 嫡出の ▸ a legitimate child 嫡出子 4 〈国王が 〉正統な血統による , 正統に継承された .5 〈劇が 〉正劇の ; (テレビ 映画に対して )舞台の .動詞 /-mèɪt /他動詞 1 …を合法化する (legalize ), 適法と認める ; …を正当だとする (justify ).2 (正式な結婚によって )〈庶子 〉を嫡子公認する .～̀ dr á ma [th é ater ]〖the ～〗(farce, melodramaなどと区別して )正劇 ; ｟米 ｠舞台劇 .～̀ g ó vernment 合法的 [正当 ]な政府 .～ly 副詞 合法的に, 正当に .