outlitigate en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + litigate.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outlitigating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outlitigated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outlitigated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outlitigates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |