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To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

In a illegal manner; unlawfully.

Illegality, unlawfulness.

The state or quality of being illegible.

Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription. -- Il*leg"i*ble*ness, n. -- Il*leg"i*bly, adv.

The state of being illegitimate. Blackstone.

Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.

To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners. The notorious inelegance of her figure. T. Hook.

Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires. What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant. Milton. It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant. Blair.

In an inelegant manner.

Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.

A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.

Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.

Nimble; swift of foot. Sir P. Sidney.

A daddy longlegs.

Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts.

A erroneous statement or allegation. Bp. Hall.