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Webster 1913 Edition
Legitimation
Le-gitˊi-ma′tion
(-mā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
légitimation
.] 1.
The act of making legitimate.
The coining or
legitimation
of money. East.
2.
Lawful birth.
[R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Legitimation
LEGITIMA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of rendering legitimate, or of investing an illegitimate child with the rights of one born in wedlock.2.
Lawful birth. [Unusual.]