| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lit·i·gate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l t -g t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: lit·i·gat·ed, lit·i·gat·ing, lit·i·gates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To contest in legal proceedings. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To engage in legal proceedings. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin l tigre, ltigt- : ls, lt-, lawsuit + agere, to drive; see ag- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | liti·ga·ble (-g -bl) —ADJECTIVE
liti·gation —NOUN
liti·gator —NOUN
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