Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LE-GIT-I-MA'TION
LE-GIT-I-MA'TION, n. [Fr.]
- The act of rendering legitimate, or of investing an illegitimate child with the rights of one born in wedlock.
- Lawful birth. [Unusual.] – Shak.
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