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.

Lit"i*gate, v. i. To carry on a suit by judicial process.

• to go to law