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"word": "legitimate drama"
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"word": "legitimate interest"
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"word": "legitimate theater"
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},
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"3": "lēgitimatus"
},
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"4": "",
"5": "make legal"
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"4": "",
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"4": "",
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin lēgitimatus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēgitimō (“make legal”), from Latin lēgitimus (“lawful”), originally \"fixed by law, in line with the law,\" from Latin lēx (“law”). Originally \"lawfully begotten\".\nThe verb was derived from the adjective by conversion.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more legitimate",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most legitimate",
"tags": [
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]
}
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"expansion": "legitimate (comparative more legitimate, superlative most legitimate)",
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}
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"ref": "2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Rodwell was sent off by referee Martin Atkinson - who has shown 15 red cards since the start of last season - after 23 minutes for what appeared to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 February 5, Kevin Underhill, “Bag Marked \"Bag Full of Drugs\" Allegedly Full of Drugs”, in Lowering the Bar, archived from the original on 2022-12-16",
"text": "According to the tweet, the encounter began with \"a traffic stop for unlawful speed.\" If so, then the initial stop was legitimate, but in and of itself that wouldn't be probable cause to search the car. It does give an officer the right to look inside, and if contraband is in plain view, that would be probable cause. Here we don't know whether the bag full of drugs marked \"BAG FULL OF DRUGS\" was laying out in plain view, but it seems entirely possible.",
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"In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements."
],
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"law",
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],
[
"legal",
"legal"
]
],
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},
{
"word": "legal"
}
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūniyy",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "قَانُونِيّ"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zakónny",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "зако́нны"
},
{
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"roman": "ljehálʹny",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "лега́льны"
},
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"sense": "lawful",
"word": "легіты́мны"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakónen",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "зако́нен"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "legálen",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "лега́лен"
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"word": "легити́мен"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "héfǎ",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "合法"
},
{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "legitimní"
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "zákonný"
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{
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"sense": "lawful",
"word": "legální"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "laillinen"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "legitiimi"
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{
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"english": "conforming with law",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "lainmukainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 3 2 9 8 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"english": "conforming with rules",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "sääntöjen mukainen"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "lawful",
"word": "lexítimo"
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "legiṭimuri",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "ლეგიტიმური"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳanonieri",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "კანონიერი"
},
{
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"lang": "German",
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"word": "legitim"
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{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nómimos",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "νόμιμος"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "legitími",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "לגיטימי"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "legitim"
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{
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "lēgitimus"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 3 2 9 8 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "prawowity"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "legalny"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 3 2 9 8 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lawful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legítimo"
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{
"_dis1": "73 3 2 9 8 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "зако́нный"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 3 2 9 8 2 2",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "legálʹnyj",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "лега́льный"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "legitímnyj",
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"word": "легити́мный"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "dligheach"
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{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "legítimo"
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"_dis1": "73 3 2 9 8 2 2",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "laglig"
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"sense": "lawful",
"word": "legitim"
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{
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "lagenlig"
},
{
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "legal"
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{
"_dis1": "73 3 2 9 8 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "meşru"
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{
"_dis1": "73 3 2 9 8 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "зако́нний"
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"roman": "lehálʹnyj",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "лега́льний"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lehitýmnyj",
"sense": "lawful",
"word": "легіти́мний"
}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid."
],
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"links": [
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"Conforming",
"conform"
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[
"establish",
"establish"
],
[
"accept",
"accept"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"standard",
"standard"
],
[
"valid",
"valid"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "legitímen",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "легити́мен"
},
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"sense": "valid",
"word": "legítim"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "valid",
"word": "validi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "hyväksyttävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "pätevä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "lexítimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "gültig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "orthós",
"sense": "valid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ορθός"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "legitími",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "לגיטימי"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dejstvítelʹnyj",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "действи́тельный"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "valid",
"word": "пра́вильный"
},
{
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "dligheach"
},
{
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"sense": "valid",
"word": "legítimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "mantıklı"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 4 3 3 2 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "valid",
"word": "yerinde"
}
]
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"word": "illegitimate"
},
{
"word": "false"
}
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{
"text": "legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2020 December 20, Wen Sirui, “The Danger of One Voice from Mainstream Media”, in Minghui",
"text": "The truth is, when we fail to protect legitimate rights of others and continue to expand the net of lies and defamation, every one would become victims one day including ourselves.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Authentic, real, genuine."
],
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"links": [
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"authentic"
],
[
"genuine",
"genuine"
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],
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"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 4 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "právilen",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "пра́вилен"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 4 0 0",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "genuine",
"word": "aito"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 4 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "autenttinen"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gnísios",
"sense": "genuine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γνήσιος"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 4 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "īsts"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 4 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "īstens"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "legítimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 4 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nastojáščij",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "настоя́щий"
},
{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "legítimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 4 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "genuino"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 4 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "gerçek"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "sahici"
},
{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "genuine",
"word": "hakiki"
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"word": "illegitimate"
}
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"glosses": [
"Marital.",
"Lawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated."
],
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"links": [
[
"Marital",
"marital"
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"begotten",
"begotten"
],
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"legitimated",
"legitimate#Verb"
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"raw_glosses": [
"Marital.",
"(of a child) Lawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a child"
],
"senseid": [
"en:lawfully begotten"
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"word": "rightful"
}
],
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"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakonnoróden",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "законноро́ден"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "legítim"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "gnḗsios",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "γνήσιος"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "legitimus"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakonnoroždjónnyj",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "законнорождённый"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "legítimo"
},
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"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "legitim"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "inomäktenskaplig"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 3 3 52 24 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lawfully begotten",
"word": "meşru"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Besides his four legitimate wives, the caliph had dozens of concubines.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Marital.",
"Legally married."
],
"id": "en-legitimate-en-adj-gnCZWUEl",
"links": [
[
"Marital",
"marital"
],
[
"married",
"married"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Marital.",
"(of a sexual partner) Legally married."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a sexual partner"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rightful"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Relating to hereditary rights."
],
"id": "en-legitimate-en-adj-EUqQ5GpU",
"links": [
[
"hereditary",
"heredity"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 2 3 90 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to hereditary rights",
"word": "legittimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 2 3 90 1",
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],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "legitimize"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"conversion (word formation)"
],
"word": "legitimate"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "lēgitimāte",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "adjective form",
"head": "lēgitimāte"
},
"expansion": "lēgitimāte",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin adjective forms",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "lēgitimātus"
}
],
"glosses": [
"vocative masculine singular of lēgitimātus"
],
"links": [
[
"lēgitimātus",
"legitimatus#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"word": "legitimate"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "legitimate",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish non-lemma forms",
"Spanish verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "legitimar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular voseo imperative of legitimar combined with te"
],
"links": [
[
"legitimar",
"legitimar#Spanish"
],
[
"te",
"te#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"object-second-person",
"object-singular",
"second-person",
"singular",
"with-voseo"
]
}
],
"word": "legitimate"
}
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