English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of legitimate

legitimate

/adjective/ वैध; कानूनी; न्यायसंगत; तर्कसंगत; न्याय्य; उचित; विधिसम्मत; विधि-संगत; धर्मज;
/verb/न्याय्य करना; कानूनी करना; वैध करना; न्यायसंगत करना; तर्कसंगत करना;

Synonym legal; statutory; equitable; rational; just; appropriate; lawful; legitimize;

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English Dictionary:

1. Legitimate

[a.]

- 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.
- Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
- Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
- Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.
- Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

2. Legitimate

[v. t.]

- 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.