LEGION
LE'GION, noun [Latin legio, from lego, to collect.]1. In Roman antiquity, a body of infantry consisting of different numbers of men at different periods, from three to five thou...
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LEGIONARY
LE'GIONARY, adjective1. Relating to a legion or to legions.2. Consisting of a legion or of legions; as a legionary force.3. Containing a great number; as a legionary body of err...
LEGISLATE
LEG'ISLATE, verb intransitive [Latin lex, legis, law, and fero, latum, to give, pass or enact.]To make or enact a law or laws. It is a question whether it is expedient to legisl...
LEGISLATION
LEGISLA'TION, noun The act of passing a law or laws; the enacting of laws.Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy.
LEGISLATIVE
LEG'ISLATIVE, adjective1. Giving or enacting laws; as a legislative body.2. Capable of enacting laws; as legislative power.3. Pertaining to the enacting of laws; suitable to law...
LEGISLATOR
LEGISLA'TOR, noun [Latin] A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community. This word is limited in its use to a supremem lawgiver, the lawgiver of a sovereign state or k...
LEGISLATORSHIP
LEGISLA'TORSHIP, noun the office of a legislator. [Not in use.]
LEGISLATRESS
LEGISLA'TRESS,LEGISLA'TRIX, noun a female who makes laws.
LEGISLATRIX
LEGISLA'TRIX,n. a female who makes laws.
LEGISLATURE
LEG'ISLATURE, noun the body of men in a state or kingdom, invested with power to make and repeal laws; the supreme power of a state. The legislature of Great Britain consists of...
LEGIST
LE'GIST, noun One skilled in the laws.
LEGITIMACY
LEGIT'IMACY, noun [from legitimate.]1. Lawfulness of birth; opposed to bastardy.2. Genuineness; opposed to spuriousness. the legitimacy of his conclusions is not to be questioned.
LEGITIMATE
LEGIT'IMATE, adjective [Latin legitimus, from lex, law.]1. Lawfully begotten or born; born in wedlock; as legitimate heirs or children.2. Genuine; real; proceeding from a pure s...
LEGITIMATELY
LEGIT'IMATELY, adverb1. Lawfully; according to law.2. Genuinely; not falsely.
LEGITIMATENESS
LEGIT'IMATENESS, noun legality; lawfulness; genuineness.
LEGITIMATION
LEGITIMA'TION, noun1. The act of rendering legitimate, or of investing an illegitimate child with the rights of one born in wedlock.2. Lawful birth. [Unusual.]
LEGUME
LEG'UME,LEGU'MEN, noun [Latin legumen, lego to collect, and signifying that which collects, or holds, or a collection.]1. In botany, a pericarp or seed-vessel, of two valves, in...
LEGUMEN
LEGU'MEN, n. [L. legumen, lego to collect, and signifying that which collects, or holds, or a collection.]1. In botany, a pericarp or seed-vessel, of two valves, in which the se...
LEGUMINOUS
LEGU'MINOUS, adjective Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse. leguminous plants are such as have a legume for a pericarp, as peas and beans.
LEISURABLE
LEIS'URABLE, adjective s as z. [See Leisure.] Vacant of employment; not occupied; as leisurable hours. [Little used.]
LEISURABLY
LEIS'URABLY, adverb At leisure; without hurry. [Little used.]
LEISURE
LEISURE, noun lezh'ur or lee'zhur.1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and ...
LEISURELY
LEIS'URELY, adjective Done at leisure; not hasty; deliberate; slow; as a leisurely walk or march; a leisurely survey of life.LEIS'URELY, adverb Not in haste or hurry; slowly; at...
LEMAN
LE'MAN, noun [See Love and Lief.]A sweetheart; a gallant, or a mistress. obsolete
LEME
LEME, noun A ray of light. [Not in use.]LEME, verb intransitive To shine. obsolete
LEMING
LE'MING, noun A species of animal belonging to the genus Mus; a kind of rat, in the north of Europe, which sometimes migrates from north to south in immense numbers.Lemnian eart...
LEMMA
LEM'MA, noun [Gr. from to receive.]In mathematics, a previous proposition proved, or a proposition demonstrated for the purpose of being used in the demonstration of some other ...