Part 26

Il*le"gal*ness, n. Illegality, unlawfulness.

Il*leg`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being illegible.

Il*leg"i*ble (?), a. Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription. -- Il*leg"i*ble*ness, n. -- Il*leg"i*bly, adv.

Il`le*git"i*ma*cy (?), n. The state of being illegitimate. Blackstone.

Il`le*git"i*mate (?), a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.

4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.

Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. Darwin.

Il`le*git"i*mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illegitimated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Illegitimating.] To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue.

Bp. Burnet.

Il`le*git"i*mate*ly (?), adv. In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

Il`le*git`i*ma"tion (?), n. 1. The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.

2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. [Obs.]

Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her illegitimation taken off.

Bp. Burnet.

Il`le*git"i*ma*tize (?), v. t. To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

Il*le"sive (?), a. [Pref. il- not + L. laedere, laesum, to injure.] Not injurious; harmless. [R.]

Il*lev"i*a*ble (?), a. Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Ill`-fa"vored (?), a. Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.

Ill-favored and lean-fleshed.

Gen. xli. 3.

-- Ill`-fa"vored*ly, adv. -- Ill`- fa"vored*ness, n.

Il*lib"er*al (?), a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not + liberalis liberal: cf. F. illibéral.] 1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.

2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.

3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [R.] Chesterfield.

Il*lib"er*al*ism (?), n. Illiberality. [R.]