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litigate

verb
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
 [intransitive, transitive] (law法律)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they litigate
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
he / she / it litigates
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪts/
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪts/
past simple litigated
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/
past participle litigated
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪd/
-ing form litigating
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈlɪtɪɡeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. litigate (something) to take a claim or disagreement to court（就…）提起诉讼，打官司Topics Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLitigate is used with these nouns as the object:
    • case
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin litigat- ‘disputed in a lawsuit’, from the verb litigare, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.