litigate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 8
Definition of litigate
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
“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”
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verb
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(intransitive)To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
“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”
- (transitive)To contest in law.
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(transitive)To dispute; to fight over.
“you can't keep litigating this same point!”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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).
Words you can make from litigate
86 playable · top: AIGLET (7 pts)
Best play aiglet 7 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
9 words4-letter words
26 words3-letter words
34 words- AGE 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- TAG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
2-letter words
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