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Martin Luther King Jr. Legitimate government versus Dictatorship In English, the word “legitimate” comes from the Latin word legere meaning to read.

2006 September 22 « raincoaster 2006

In English, the word "legitimate" comes from the Latin word legere meaning to read.

Neo-Fascism 102: the road to dictatorship 2006

In English, the word “legitimate” comes from the Latin word legere meaning to read.

Neo-Fascism 102: the road to dictatorship « raincoaster 2006

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Neo-Fascism 102: the road to dictatorship 2006

It also means Res (With regard to) + legere (to gather) and Re (again) + lego (read).

Pankaj Jain, Ph.D.: Jain Dharma Goes Beyond Religion Ph.D. Pankaj Jain 2011

Mark Woodworth/BFA James Brolin with Barbra Streisand During dessert—a blueberry crostata with frangipane and crème legere—yet another band came up to play called Nikki and Rich.

Making Peace in Malibu Marshall Heyman 2011

Mark Woodworth/BFA James Brolin with Barbra Streisand During dessert—a blueberry crostata with frangipane and crème legere—yet another band came up to play called Nikki and Rich.

Making Peace in Malibu Marshall Heyman 2011

Unless, of course, the Rev Muslims would argue that humor of any kind directed at Islam or Mohammad is by its very nature too legere, impiously distracting, short on gravitas, tending to corrupt.

Defending South Park's Mohammad Episode 2010

The word Cicero uses, lectulus, meant not just a bed for sleeping, but one for conversation and study — perhaps because of its partial homophony with legere, lectus, "gather by picking" (like flowers) and "read."

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Si qua leccionem tempore statuto non preuiderit: uel aliud legere, uel cantare presumpserit quam quod ordinatum est.

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008