outlitigate

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verb

To defeat in litigation.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person outlitigates · participle present outlitigating · participle past outlitigated · past outlitigated

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From out- + litigate.

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APA

outlitigate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlitigate

MLA

“outlitigate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlitigate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outlitigate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlitigate.

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