litigate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb engage in legal proceedings
  2. verb institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
    action; process; sue.
    • He was warned that the district attorney would process him
    • She actioned the company for discrimination

WordNet


Lit"i*gate transitive verb
Etymology
See Litigation.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Litigated ; present participle & verbal noun Litigating
Definitions
  1. To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.
Lit"i*gate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To carry on a suit by judicial process.

Webster 1913