"You are right, sweetheart, and if before two months have elapsed you find any signs of pregnancy in spite of my precautions, you have only to write to me, and whatever my fortunes may be, I will give you my hand and legitimise our offspring.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
It is probably meant to excuse or legitimise the real operation, which should properly be considered as sinful in view of the sacred character of the animal.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell
All that remained was for the Assyrian usurper to legitimise his title by occupying Babylon itself, and there receiving the crown of Asia.
"Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations"
Archibald Sayce