litigate
verb /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (law)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they litigate | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it litigates | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪts/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple litigated | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle litigated | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form litigating | /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- litigate (something) to take a claim or disagreement to courtTopics Law and justicec2Oxford Collocations DictionaryLitigate is used with these nouns as the object:
- case
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin litigat- ‘disputed in a lawsuit’, from the verb litigare, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.