litigating

[lit-i-geyt]

Origin

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verb (used with object)

to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.

Archaic. to dispute (a point, assertion, etc.).

verb (used without object)

to carry on a lawsuit.

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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin lītigātus (past participle of lītigāre to go to law). See litigant, -ate¹

Related forms

lit·i·ga·tive, adjective

re·lit·i·gate, verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.

un·lit·i·gat·ed, adjective

un·lit·i·gat·ing, adjective

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Word Origin & History

litigate

1610s, from L. litigatus, pp. of litigare "to dispute, carry on a suit" (see litigation). Related: Litigating.

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