LITIGATED
LIT'IGATED, participle passive Contested judicially.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LITIGATING
LIT'IGATING, participle present tense Contesting in law.
LITIGATION
LITIGA'TION, noun The act or process of carrying on a suit in a court of law or equity for the recovery of a right or claim; a judicial contest.
LITIGIOUS
LITIG'IOUS, adjective [Latin litigiosus.]1. Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; quarrelsome; contentious; applied to persons. a litigious m...
LITIGIOUSLY
LITIG'IOUSLY, adverb In a contentious manner.
LITIGIOUSNESS
LITIG'IOUSNESS, noun A disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits; inclination to judicial contests.
LITMUS
LIT'MUS,LIT'ORN, noun A bird, a species of thrush, in size and shape resembling the hen-blackbird.
LITORN
LIT'ORN, n. A bird, a species of thrush, in size and shape resembling the hen-blackbird.
LITOTE
LIT'OTE, noun [Gr. slender. diminution; extenuation.
LITTER
LIT'TER, noun [Latin lectus, from the root of lego, Eng. lay.]1. A vehicle formed with shafts supporting a bed between them, in which a person may be borne by men or by a horse....
LITTERED
LIT'TERED, participle passive1. Furnished with straw.2.adjective Covered or overspread with litter, pieces, shreds, etc.
LITTLE
LIT'TLE, adjective1. Small in size or extent; not great or large; as a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little table; a little book; a little hill; a li...
LITTLENESS
LIT'TLENESS, noun1. Smallness of size or bulk; as the littleness of the body or of an animal.2. Meanness; want of grandeur; as littleness of conception.3. Want of dignity. Conte...
LITTORAL
LIT'TORAL, adjective [Latin littoralis, from litus, shore.] Belonging to a shore. [Little used.]
LITUITE
LIT'UITE, noun A fossil shell.
LITURGICAL
LITUR'GICAL, adjective [See Liturgy.] Pertaining to a liturgy.
LITURGY
LIT'URGY, noun [Gr. public, and work.In a general sense, all public ceremonies that belong to divine service; hence, in a restricted sense, among the Romanists, the mass; and am...
LIVE
LIVE, verb intransitive liv.1. To abide; to dwell; to have settled residence in any place. Where do you live? I live in London. He lives in Philadelphia. He lives in a large hou...
LIVELESS
LIVELESS, not used. [See Lifeless.]
LIVELINESS
LI'VELINESS, noun [from lively.]1. The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the ...
LIVELODE
LIVELODE, for livelihood, not used.
LIVELONG
LIVELONG, adjective liv'long. [live and long.]1. Long in passing.How could she sit the livelong day, yet never ask us once to play?2. Lasting; durable; as a livelong monument. [...
LIVELY
LI'VELY, adjective1. Brisk; vigorous; vivacious; active; as a lively youth.2. Gay; airy.From grave to gay, from lively to severe.3. Representing life; as a lively imitation of n...
LIVER
LIV'ER, noun One who lives.And try if life be worth the liver's care.It is often used with a word of qualification; as a high liver; a loose liver etc.LIV'ER, nounA viscus or in...
LIVERCOLOR
LIV'ERCOLOR, adjective Dark red; of the color of the liver.
LIVERED
LIV'ERED, adjective Having a liver; as white-livered.
LIVERGROWN
LIV'ERGROWN, adjective Having a large liver.