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Re: shortsinthesand post# 20088

Tuesday, 12/05/2006 1:39:28 PM

Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:39:28 PM

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Opinionated posting doesn't make them "legitmate" regardless of how they are spun.

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le·git·i·mate /adj., n. Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[adj., n. li-jit-uh-mit; v. li-jit-uh-meyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, verb, -mat·ed, -mat·ing, noun
–adjective 1. according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
2. in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.
3. born in wedlock or of legally married parents: legitimate children.
4. in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical: a legitimate conclusion.
5. resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right: a legitimate sovereign.
6. not spurious or unjustified; genuine: It was a legitimate complaint.
7. of the normal or regular type or kind.
8. Theater. of or pertaining to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, television, motion pictures, etc.: an actor in the legitimate theater.
–verb (used with object) 9. to make lawful or legal; pronounce or state as lawful: Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne.
10. to establish as lawfully born: His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law.
11. to show or declare to be legitimate or proper: He was under obligation to legitimate his commission.
12. to justify; sanction or authorize: His behavior was legitimated by custom.
–noun 13. the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama.
14. a person who is established as being legitimate.


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