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Search phrase: legitimate

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Henry VIII	H8 II.iv.179	Whether our daughter were legitimate,	Whether our Daughter were legitimate,
King John	KJ I.i.116	Sirrah, your brother is legitimate.	Sirra, your brother is Legittimate,
King Lear	KL I.ii.16	Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land.	Legitimate Edgar, I must haue your land,
King Lear	KL I.ii.18	As to the legitimate. Fine word ‘ legitimate ’!	As to th'legitimate: fine word: Legitimate.
King Lear	KL I.ii.19	Well, my ‘ legitimate,’ if this letter speed	Well, my Legittimate, if this Letter speed,
King Lear	KL I.ii.21	Shall top the legitimate. I grow. I prosper.	Shall to'th'Legitimate: I grow, I prosper:
Much Ado About Nothing	MA III.iv.44	O illegitimate construction! I scorn that with	O illegitimate construction! I scorne that with
Troilus and Cressida	TC V.vii.18	bastard in valour, in everything illegitimate. One bear	Bastard in valour, in euery thing illegitimate: one Beare
Twelfth Night	TN III.ii.13	I will prove it legitimate, sir, upon the oaths of	I will proue it legitimate sir, vpon the Oathes of

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21 result(s).

bastard	illegitimate, spurious, unauthorized
fair	legitimate, lawful, proper
false	illegitimate, bastard
indirectly	wrongfully, unjustly, illegitimately
just	justifiable, legitimate
loyal	legitimate; faithful
misbegot	misbegotten, illegitimate, bastard
misbegotten	illegitimate, bastard
miscreate	wrongly created, illegitimate
name	legitimate title
name	rightful claimant, legitimate authority
nameless	bearing no legitimate name
natural	legitimate, by birthright, rightful
sinister	illegitimate, erroneous, irregular
sterling	valid currency, legitimate tender
successive	next in descent, legitimate, succeeding
true	legitimate, rightful, honourable
true	legitimately, honourably, rightfully
unfathered	unnaturally conceived, illegitimate
unnaturally	illegitimately, against normal practice
warranted	justified, legitimate, rightful

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...tice and partly on whether a form might legitimately be considered a word in its own right...

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
ILLEGITIMATE	BASIC	see LEGITIMATE
LEGITIMATE	BASIC	legitimate adj, legitimation n
LEGITIMATE	NOT	illegitimate adj

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