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1illegitimate — il·le·git·i·mate /ˌi li ji tə mət/ adj 1: not recognized by the law as offspring; specif: born out of marriage ◇ An illegitimate child is usu. legitimated by his or her parents later marriage. Illegitimate children generally have the same… …
2Illegitimate — Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred;… …
3Illegitimate fertilization — Illegitimate Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced… …
4Illegitimate union — Illegitimate Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced… …
5illegitimate, legitimate — Illegitimate means illegal, and legitimate means the precise opposite, legal (See illegal). Illegitimate also has these specialized meanings: (1) born out of wedlock (born a bastard) ; (2) irregular (an illegitimate forward pass); (3) invalid (a… …
6illegitimate — [il΄ə jit′ə mət] adj. [< ML illegitimatus, pp. of illegitimare, to make illegitimate < L illegitimus, not lawful: see IN 2 & LEGITIMATE] 1. born of parents not married to each other; bastard 2. incorrectly deduced: not logical [an… …
7Illegitimate — 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. [1913 Webster] The marriage should only be… …
8illegitimate pollination — noun In dimorphic flowers, pollination of long style from short stamen, or short from long • • • Main Entry: ↑illegitimate …
9illegitimate recombination — noun Recombination, facilitated by the casual presence of duplicate sequences, between species whose DNA shows little or no homology • • • Main Entry: ↑illegitimate …
10Illegitimate opportunity — theory holds that individuals commit crimes when the chances of being caught are low. The theory was first formalized by Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin in 1960. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi qa3852/is 200101/ai n8929601 Gangs and gang …
