- To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law;
to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and
judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.
Meaning of 'litigate' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . litigate
[ v]
Meaning (1): - institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
Example in sentence:
He was warned that the district attorney would process him;