litigate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit. intransitive
    — 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. To contest in law. transitive
  3. To dispute; to fight over. transitive
    — you can't keep litigating this same point!

词形变化

litigates present,singular,third-person litigating participle,present litigated participle,past litigated past

词汇关系

衍生词
litigable litigation litigative litigatory nonlitigating outlitigate overlitigate relitigate unlitigated

词源

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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