Le*git"i*ma*tist (l*jt"*m*tst), n. See Legitimist.
Le*git"i*ma*tize (-tz), v. t. To legitimate.
Le*git"i*mism (-mz'm), n. The principles or plans of legitimists.
Le*git"i*mist (-mst), n. [Cf. F. légitimiste.] 1. One who supports
legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as
a divine right.
2. Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the
Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.
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Le*git"i*mize (l*jt"*mz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legitimized (-mzd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Legitimizing.] To legitimate.
Leg"less (lg"ls), a. Not having a leg.
Le"go-lit"er*a*ry (l"g- lt"r**r), a. [See Legal, and Literary.]
Pertaining to the literature of law.
Le`gu*le"ian (l`g*l"yan), a. [L. leguleius pettifogger, fr. lex, legis,
law.] Lawyerlike; legal. [R.] "Leguleian barbarism." De Quincey. -- n.
A lawyer.
Leg"ume (lg"m or l*gm"), n. [F. légume, L. legumen, fr. legere to
gather. So called because they may be gathered without cutting. See
Legend.] 1. (Bot.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and
having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
In the latter circumstance, it differs from a siliqua, in which the
seeds are attached to both sutures. In popular use, a legume is called
a pod, or cod; as, pea pod, or peas cod.