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outlitigate

outlitigate verb: to defeat in litigation.

Verb

outlitigate (third-person singular simple present outlitigates, present participle outlitigating, simple past and past participle outlitigated)

  1. (transitive) To defeat in litigation.
    • The film lays out how Mr. Gore, and the nation, missed a chance to find out for sure, partly through Mr. Gore’s own lack of nerve but mostly because the Democrats were outlitigated and outfoxed by a tougher, more sophisticated team of Republican lawyers and political consultants.2008 May 23, Alessandra Stanley, “Soothing or Salting Wounds From Election 2000”, in New York Times

Forms of outlitigate

third-person singular presentoutlitigates
present participleoutlitigating
past participleoutlitigated
pastoutlitigated

Origin of outlitigate

From out- + litigate.

Questions about outlitigate

What does outlitigate mean?
Outlitigate means to defeat in litigation.
What part of speech is outlitigate?
Outlitigate is a verb.
What is the past tense of outlitigate?
The past tense of outlitigate is outlitigated.

Words near outlitigate in the dictionary

  1. outlinks
  2. outlisten
  3. outlistened
  4. outlistening
  5. outlistens
  6. outlitigate
  7. outlitigated
  8. outlitigates
  9. outlitigating
  10. outlive
  11. outlived

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