1. The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.
2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. [Obs.]
Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her illegitimation taken off.
Bp. Burnet. Illegitimatize
(Il`le*git"i*ma*tize) v. t. To render illegitimate; to bastardize.
Illesive
(Il*le"sive) a. [Pref. il- not + L. laedere, laesum, to injure.] Not injurious; harmless. [R.]
Illeviable
(Il*lev"i*a*ble) a. Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Ill-favored
(Ill`-fa"vored) a. Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.
Ill-favored and lean-fleshed.
Gen. xli. 3. — Ill`-fa"vored*ly, adv. — Ill`- fa"vored*ness, n.
Illiberal
(Il*lib"er*al) a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not + liberalis liberal: cf. F. illibéral.]
1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.
2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [R.] Chesterfield.
Illiberalism
(Il*lib"er*al*ism) n. Illiberality. [R.]
Illiberality
(Il*lib`er*al"i*ty) n. [L. illiberalitas: cf. F. illibéralité.] The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness
of mind; meanness; niggardliness. Bacon.
Illiberalize
(Il*lib"er*al*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illiberalized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Illiberalizing ] To make
illiberal.
Illiberally
(Il*lib"er*al*ly), adv. In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.
Illiberalness
(Il*lib"er*al*ness), n. The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
Illicit
(Il*lic"it) a. [L. illicitus; pref. il- not + licitus, p. p. of licere to be allowed or permitted: cf. F. illicite.
See In- not, and License.] Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse;
illicit pleasure.
One illicit . . . transaction always leads to another.
Burke. — Il*lic"it*ly, adv. — Il*lic"it*ness, n.
Illicitous
(Il*lic"it*ous) a. Illicit. [R.] Cotgrave.
Illicium
(||Il*li"ci*um) n. [So called, in allusion to its aroma, from L. illicium an allurement.] (Bot.) A
genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of
Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials,
being almost identical with true oil of anise.
Illighten
(Il*light"en) v. t. To enlighten. [Obs.]
