Part 5546

<h1>Illegally</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*le"gal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a illegal manner; unlawfully.</def>

<h1>Illegalness</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*le"gal*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Illegality, unlawfulness.</def>

<h1>Illegibility</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*leg`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being illegible.</def>

<h1>Illegible</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*leg"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being read; not legible; <as>as, <ex>illegible</ex> handwriting; an <ex>illegible</ex> inscription.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Il*leg"i*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Il*leg"i*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Illegitimacy</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il`le*git"i*ma*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being illegitimate.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Illegitimate</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il`le*git"i*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; <as>as, an <ex>illegitimate</ex> child</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; <as>as, an <ex>illegitimate</ex> inference</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; <as>as, an <ex>illegitimate</ex> word</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Illegitimate fertilization</col>, &or; <col>Illegitimate union</col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.</cd></cs>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Illegitimate</h1> <Xpage=728>

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

<blockquote>The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without <b>illegitimating</b> the issue. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Illegitimately</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il`le*git"i*mate*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.</def>

<h1>Illegitimation</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il`le*git`i*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her <b>illegitimation</b> taken off. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Illegitimatize</h1> <Xpage=728>