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outlitigate en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + litigate.

Meanings

  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

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outlitigating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outlitigated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outlitigated Tense=Past lexicographic
outlitigates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic