Dictionary entry

Litigate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lit″i‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Litigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Litigating.] [See Litigation.] To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.