1. Adjective
Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
2. Adjective
Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.
3. Adjective
Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.
4. Adjective
Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.
5. Verb
To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
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