( 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.
( 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012