different between litigate vs argue

English

Etymology

From Latin l?tig?re, present active infinitive of l?tig?; which, in its turn, stems from l?tem (“a quarrel”) + ag? (“do, practice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t??e?t/

Verb

litigate (third-person singular simple present litigates, present participle litigating, simple past and past participle litigated)

1. (intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
2. (transitive) To contest in law.
3. (transitive, transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.

Derived terms

• litigable
• litigation

Translations

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liti??ate/

Verb

litigate

1. adverbial present passive participle of litigar

Italian

Noun

litigate f pl

1. plural of litigata

Verb

litigate

1. second-person plural present of litigare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of litigare
3. second-person plural imperative of litigare
4. feminine plural of the past participle of litigare

Anagrams

• aglietti

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /li?.ti??a?.te/, [li?t????ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.ti??a.te/, [lit?i????t??]

Participle

l?tig?te

1. vocative masculine singular of l?tig?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (“to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse”), q.v. for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.?ju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?ju/

Verb

argue (third-person singular simple present argues, present participle arguing, simple past and past participle argued)

1. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
2. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.

3. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
4. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To accuse.

Derived terms

Related terms

• argument
• argumentative
• argumentation

Translations

Further reading

• argue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• argue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Gauer, Graue, auger, augre, rugae

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.?y/

Verb

argue

1. first-person singular present indicative of arguer
2. third-person singular present indicative of arguer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of arguer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of arguer
5. second-person singular imperative of arguer

Anagrams

• auger, Auger
• urgea

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ar.?u.e/, [?är?u?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.?u.e/, [??r?u?]

Verb

argue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of argu?