Functioning particularly effectively; achieving something substantial.
With the updated software, I was really cooking with gas. I got the project done in half the time.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, with, gas.
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
Authentic, real, genuine.
Relating to hereditary rights.
Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
A person born to a legally married couple.