legitimate

• adj.合法的な；正当な；合理的な；正統的な
• vt.合法的にする；合法とみなす（legitimiseと同義）

語源はラテン語のlegalで、legalと同じ。

legitimate (adj.)

mid-15c., "lawfully begotten," from Middle French legitimer and directly from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare "make lawful, declare to be lawful," from Latin legitimus "lawful," originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from lex (genitive legis) "law" (see legal). Transferred sense of "genuine, real" is attested from 1550s. Related: Legitimately.

legitimate (v.)

1590s, from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare (see legitimate (adj.)). Related: Legitimated; legitimating.

1. Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.

ほとんどの医師は、コンプライアンス療法を受けるのが合理的な医療手段のようだ。

2.We only married in order that the child should be legitimate .

私たちが結婚するのは、純粋に子供に合法的な身分を与えるためです。

3.The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole.

この帝国は合法的な全体に凝縮することができない。

4.It seemed a perfectly legitimate question.

これは完全に理にかなった問題のようだ。

5.Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.

病気は休暇を取る正当な理由である。