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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.
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The marriage should only be dissolved for the future,
without illegitimating the issue. --Bp. Burnet.
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Illegitimate \Il`le*git"i*mate\, a.
1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful;
improper.
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2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an
illegitimate child.
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3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an
illegitimate inference.
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4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as,
an illegitimate word.
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{Illegitimate fertilization}, or {Illegitimate union} (Bot.),
the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own
length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic
flowers. --Darwin.
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