Illegitimating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Illegitimate \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.
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           The marriage should only be dissolved for the future,
           without illegitimating the issue.        --Bp. Burnet.
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