litigate

  • 11litigate — verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin litigatus, past participle of litigare, from lit , lis lawsuit + agere to drive more at agent Date: 1615 intransitive verb to carry on a legal contest by judicial process transitive verb 1. archaic dis …

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  • 12litigate — verb Litigate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑case …

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  • 13litigate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. contest, dispute, sue, prosecute. See lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dispute, contest, prosecute; see sue . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [LIT uh GATE] to take a dispute to… …

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  • 14litigate against — index sue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 15litigate completely — index exhaust (try all possibilities) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 16litigate — litigative, adj. /lit i gayt /, v., litigated, litigating. v.t. 1. to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law. 2. Archaic. to dispute (a point, assertion, etc.). v.i. 3. to carry on a lawsuit. [1605 15; < L litigatus (ptp. of litigare to go …

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  • 17litigate — verb /litiɡeɪt/ To go to law …

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  • 18litigate — Synonyms and related words: bring action against, bring into court, bring suit, bring to justice, bring to trial, drag into court, go into litigation, go to law, implead, law, prosecute, prosecute at law, put in suit, put on trial, seek in law,&#8230; …

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  • 19litigate — lit|i|gate [ˈlıtıgeıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of litigare, from lis law case + agere to drive ] law to take a claim or complaint against someone to a court of law …

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  • 20litigate — lit|i|gate [ lıtı,geıt ] verb intransitive LEGAL to ask a court of law to make a decision about a disagreement …

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