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单词 litigate
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litigatev.

Brit. /ˈlɪtᵻɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɪdəˌɡeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin lītigāt-, participial stem of lītigāre, < līt-, līs lawsuit.
1. intransitive. To be a party to, or carry on, a suit at law; to go to law. Also † gen. to dispute.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > argue, dispute, discuss [verb (intransitive)]
mootOE
sannc1175
sputea1225
argue1303
argumentc1320
strive1340
proceedc1390
reason?c1425
to roll the stone1581
argumentate1586
discuss1587
litigate1606
canvass1631
argumentizea1641
to take by the beard1809
dudgeon1859
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)]
pursue1389
suea1422
pleada1425
proceed1425
pleac1450
to wage one's (or the) law1455
to go to (the) law?a1513
to put at ——1534
to prosecute the law against (also upon)1535
law?a1550
to follow a suit1571
prosecute1611
to go to suit1690
litigate1726
1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia iii. i. sig. E3 Then might they be taught,..To litigate perpetually.
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. i. i. 27 If any will litigate de nomine entis, let them call it Being or No-being as they please.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 83 The Appellant after the Interposition of an Appeal still litigates in the same Cause before the Judge a Quo.
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 697/1 Making the determination of two Justices of Peace final, if the Quaker did not litigate farther.
1881 Daily News 29 Dec. 5/3 It was a characteristic of Lord Justice Lush as a Judge to prevent suitors if he could from litigating to the uttermost.
2.
a. transitive. To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest at law; to plead for or against.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > carry on or institute (an action) [verb (transitive)] > make subject of a lawsuit
litigate1741
1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. v. 234 A question formerly much litigated.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xiii. 79 If I do not oblige them, my grandfather's estate is to be litigated with me.
1774 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1887) XIV. 381 A rate of one penny farthing on the pound, to pay their costs in sundry matters litigated before the Assembly.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xii. 515 Litigating warm Their right in some small portion of the soil.
1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 328 The precise question ought not to be again litigated.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 117 The property in ‘Anderson's Pills’ was litigated in the Court of Session.
b. gen. To dispute, contest (a point, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)]
dispute1340
discuss1402
reason?c1425
mootc1475
arguea1513
canvass1530
ventilate?1530
deliberate1536
devisea1538
expostulate1573
agitate1598
imparlc1600
exagitate1610
eventilate?1625
altercate1683
litigate1740
spar1744
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 280 He never car'd to litigate any thing, that did not affect his Figure upon the Stage.
1758 H. Walpole Catal. Royal Authors (1759) II. 230 The point indeed has been much litigated, but is of little consequence.
1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) I. 91 He..deems it indecorous to litigate the question with his diocesan.

Derivatives

ˈlitigating n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > engaged in litigation
litigious1589
litigant1638
litigating1766
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xi. 176 Compelling my litigating opponents to an accomodation.
1780 Newgate Cal. V. 25 A family estate, the right of which was litigating in the court of chancery.
1884 T. H. Gore in Law Times 8 Nov. 29/1 The retailer was the person litigating.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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