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单词 litigate
释义 lit·i·gate
\ˈlid.əˌgāt, ˈlitə-, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin litigatus, past participle of litigare, from lit-, lis lawsuit (from Old Latin stlit-, stlis) + -igare (from agere to drive, lead, act, do); perhaps akin to Greek stellein to set up — more at stall, agent
intransitive verb
: to carry on a legal contest by judicial process
 < only states can litigate before this court — R.H.Heindel >
 < the great litigating public — Geoffrey Lincoln >
transitive verb
1. archaic : to enter into controversy over
 < the point indeed has been much litigated — Horace Walpole >
2. : to make the subject of a lawsuit : contest in law : prosecute or defend by pleadings, evidence, and debate in a court
 < the restraining order is being litigated — H.J.Ruttenberg >
 < litigate the validity of a state statute — Harvard Law Review >
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