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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...
    Frequent collocations
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    Legitimatise through the time