litigate

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (intransitive) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
  2. (transitive) To contest in law.
  3. (transitive) To dispute; to fight over.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

First attested in 1606; borrowed from Latin lītigātus, perfect passive participle of lītigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līs (“a lawsuit”, oblique stem in līt-) + -igō (denominative verb-forming suffix).

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