litigate

From Latin lītigāre, present active infinitive of lītigō; which, in its turn, stems from lītem (“a quarrel”) + agō (“do, practice”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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litigate (third-person singular simple present litigates, present participle litigating, simple past and past participle litigated)

1. (intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
   • 1988, “Don't Worry, Be Happy”, in Bobby McFerrin (lyrics), Simple Pleasures, performed by Bobby McFerrin:

     Ain't got no place to lay your head / Somebody came and took your bed / Don't worry, be happy / The landlord say your rent is late / He may have to litigate

2. (transitive) To contest in law.
3. (transitive, transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.

   you can't keep litigating this same point!

• litigable
• litigation

• IPA^(key): /litiˈɡate/

litigate

1. adverbial present passive participle of litigar

litigate f pl

1. plural of litigata

litigate

1. inflection of litigare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

litigate f pl

1. feminine plural of litigato

• aglietti

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liː.tiˈɡaː.te/, [lʲiːt̪ɪˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.tiˈɡa.te/, [lit̪iˈɡäːt̪e]

lītigāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lītigātus

litigate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of litigar combined with te