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relitigate

relitigate verb: to litigate again; to sue or pursue legal remedy a second or further time.

Verb

relitigate (third-person singular simple present relitigates, present participle relitigating, simple past and past participle relitigated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To litigate again; to sue or pursue legal remedy a second or further time.
  2. (transitive) To dispute, debate, contest again.
    • Like Mr bin Laden, Mr Gingrich is apparently still relitigating the victories and defeats of religious wars fought in Europe and the Middle East centuries ago.2010 August 5, Lexington, The Economist

Forms of relitigate

third-person singular presentrelitigates
present participlerelitigating
past participlerelitigated
pastrelitigated
alternative formre-litigate

Origin of relitigate

From re- + litigate.

Questions about relitigate

What does relitigate mean?
Relitigate means to litigate again; to sue or pursue legal remedy a second or further time.
What part of speech is relitigate?
Relitigate is a verb.
What is the past tense of relitigate?
The past tense of relitigate is relitigated.

Words near relitigate in the dictionary

  1. relistens
  2. relisting
  3. relistings
  4. relists
  5. relit
  6. relitigate
  7. relitigated
  8. relitigates
  9. relitigating
  10. relitigation
  11. relitigations

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