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Meanings of legitimatise in English

Portuguese
legitimar
Catalan
legitimar
Spanish
legitimar

Make legal.

legitimar
Usage of legitimatise in English
1
But as a matter of duty, marry the girl at once, and legitimatise your child while the chance remains to you.
The Woman Who Did
2
His Holiness at once despatched a courier to Duke Cosimo, urging him to legitimatise the child by his immediate marriage with the mother.
The Tragedies of the Medici
3
Madame Diane, natural daughter of King Henry II, afterwards legitimatised and made Duchess d'Angoulême.
Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe / Memo...
4
She might have been legitimatised by act of parliament, if Catherine would have submitted.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)
5
The Kings of England, in legitimatising their children gave them a name and arms, which pass to their posterity.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
6
It is still a moot point whether the birth should be legitimatised on the death of one of the other children.
Without Prejudice
7
He entered into a marriage alliance with princesses of the Saite line, and thus legitimatised his usurpation as far as the north was concerned.
History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
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