Chapter 90

List"er (lst"r), n. One who makes a list or roll.

Lis"ter (ls"tr), n. Same as Leister.

Lis*te"ri*an (ls*t"r*an), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to listerism.

Lis"ter*ism (ls"tr*z'm), n. (Med.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.

List"ful (lst"fl), a. Attentive. [Obs.] Spenser.

List"ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange.

2. The selvedge of cloth; list.

3. (Carp.) The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.

4. (Agric.) The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops. [Local, U. S.]

List"less, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson.

Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain.

Dryden.

I was listless, and desponding.

Swift.

Syn. -- Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid; spiritless; supine; indolent.

-- List"less*ly, adv. -- List"less*ness, n.

Lit (lt), a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.

Lit"a*ny (lt"*n), n.; pl. Litanies (- nz). [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. litanei`a, fr. litaney`ein to pray, akin to li`tesqai, li`ssesqai, to pray, lith` prayer.] A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.

Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin.

Hooker.

Lit"arge (lt"rj), n. Litharge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Li"tchi` (l"ch`), n. (Bot.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.]

-lite (-lt). See -lith.

Lite (lt), a., adv., & n. Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Li"ter, Li"tre } (l"tr; 277), n. [F. litre, Gr. li`tra a silver coin.] A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

Lit"er*a*cy (lt"r**s), n. State of being literate.

Lit"er*al (-al), a. [F. litéral, littéral, L. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See Letter.] 1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide.

Tyndale.

2. Following the letter or exact words; not free.

A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts.

Hooker.

3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers.

Johnson.

4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact; -- applied to persons.

Literal contract (Law), a contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. Bouvier. -- Literal equation (Math.), an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation.

Lit"er*al, n. Literal meaning. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Lit"er*al*ism (-z'm), n. 1. That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.

2. (Fine Arts) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.

Lit"er*al*ist, n. One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Lit`er*al"i*ty (-l"*t), n. [Cf. F. littéralité.] The state or quality of being literal. Sir T. Browne.

Lit`er*al*i*za"tion (lt`r*al**z"shn), n. The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.

Lit"er*al*ize (lt"r*al*z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Literalized (-zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Literalizing (-`zng).] To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.

Lit"er*al*i`zer (-`zr), n. A literalist.

Lit"er*al*ly, adv. 1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.

2. With close adherence to words; word by word.

So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally.

Dryden.

Lit"er*al*ness, n. The quality or state of being literal; literal import.

Lit"er*a*ry (lt"r**r), a. [L. litterarius, literarius, fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf. F. littéraire. See Letter.]

1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.

Johnson.

2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

In the literary as well as fashionable world.

Mason.

Literary property. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.

Lit"er*ate (-t), a. [L. litteratus, literatus. See Letter.] Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs.

Landor.

Lit"er*ate, n. 1. One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders. [Eng.]

2. A literary man.

||Lit`e*ra"ti (lt`*r"t), n. pl. [See Literatus.] Learned or literary ||men. See Literatus. || Shakespearean commentators, and other literati.

Craik.

||Lit`e*ra"tim (-tm), adv. [LL., fr. L. littera, litera, letter.] ||Letter for letter. || Lit`er*a"tion (lt`r*"shn), n. [L. littera, litera, letter.] The act or process of representing by letters.

Lit"er*a`tor (lt"r*`tr), n. [L. litterator, literator. See Letter.] 1. One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster. Burke.

2. A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former age.

That class of subjects which are interesting to the regular literator or black-letter " bibliomane," simply because they have once been interesting.

De Quincey.

3. A learned person; a literatus. Sir W. Hamilton.

Lit"er*a*ture (lt"r**tr; 135), n. [F. littérature, L. litteratura, literatura, learning, grammar, writing, fr. littera, litera, letter. See Letter.] 1. Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

2. The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.

3. The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.

4. The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work. Lamb.

Syn. -- Science; learning; erudition; belles-lettres. See Science. -- Literature, Learning, Erudition. Literature, in its widest sense, embraces all compositions in writing or print which preserve the results of observation, thought, or fancy; but those upon the positive sciences (mathematics, etc.) are usually excluded. It is often confined, however, to belles-lettres, or works of taste and sentiment, as poetry, eloquence, history, etc., excluding abstract discussions and mere erudition. A man of literature (in this narrowest sense) is one who is versed in belles-lettres; a man of learning excels in what is taught in the schools, and has a wide extent of knowledge, especially in respect to the past; a man of erudition is one who is skilled in the more recondite branches of learned inquiry.

The origin of all positive science and philosophy, as well as of all literature and art, in the forms in which they exist in civilized Europe, must be traced to the Greeks.

Sir G. C. Lewis.

Learning thy talent is, but mine is sense.

Prior.

Some gentlemen, abounding in their university erudition, fill their sermons with philosophical terms.

Swift.

||Lit`e*ra"tus (lt`*r"ts), n.; pl. Literati (- t). [L. litteratus, ||literatus.] A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- ||chiefly used in the plural. || Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be maimed.

De Quincey.

{ -lith (-lth), -lite (-lt). } Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos, a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.

Lith (lth), obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Lie, to recline, for lieth. Chaucer.

Lith (lth), n. [AS. lið.] A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts. Chaucer.

||Li*thæ"mi*a (l*th"m*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. li`qos stone + a"i^ma blood.] ||(Med.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the ||blood. || Lith"a*gogue (lth"*gg), n. [Gr. li`qos stone + 'agwgo`s leading.] (Med.) A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine. Hooper.

Lith"arge (lth"rj), n. [OE. litarge, F. litharge, L. lithargyrus, Gr. liqa`rgyros the scum or foam of silver; li`qos stone + 'a`rgyros silver. Litharge is found in silverbearing lead ore.] (Chem.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead or minium, etc. Called also massicot.

||Li*thar"gy*rum (l*thär"j*rm), n. [NL. See Litharge.] (Old Chem.) ||Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow ||scales. || Lith"ate (lth"t), n. (Old Med. Chem.) A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written also lithiate.]

Lithe (l), v. t. & i. [Icel hlða. See Listen.] To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Lithe, a. [AS. lðe, for linðe tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.] 1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]

2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.

Lithe, v. t. [AS. lðian. See Lithe, a.] To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]

Lithe"ly, adv. In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner.

Lithe"ness, n. The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.

Li"ther (l"r), a. [AS. lðer bad, wicked.] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Not lither in business, fervent in spirit.

Bp. Woolton.

Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. (Part I. IV. VII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky.

-- Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.]. -- Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]

Li"ther*ly, a. Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.[Archaic]

He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly.

Sir W. Scott.

Lithe"some (l"sm), a. [See Lithe, a., and cf. Lissom.] Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.

-- Lithe"some*ness, n.

Lith"i*a (lth"*), n. [NL., from Gr. li`qos stone.] (Chem.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.

Lithia emerald. See Hiddenite.

||Li*thi"a*sis (l*th"*ss), n. [NL., fr. Gr. liqi`asis, fr. li`qos ||stone.] (Med.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any ||part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages. ||Dunglison. || Lith"ic (lth"k), a. [Gr. liqiko`s of or belonging to stones, fr. li`qos stone: cf. F. lithique.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.

2. (Med.) Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis.

Lithic acid (Old Med. Chem.), uric acid. See Uric acid, under Uric.

lith"ic, n. (Med.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.

Lith"ic, a. [From Lithium.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds. Frankland.

Lith`i*oph"i*lite (lth`*f"*lt), n. [Lithium + Gr. fi`los friend.] (Min.) A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of triphylite.

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Lith"i*um (lth"*m), n. [NL., from Gr. li`qeios of stone, fr. li`qos stone.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.

When isolated it is a soft, silver white metal, tarnishing and oxidizing very rapidly in the air. It is the lightest solid element known, specific gravity being 0.59. Symbol Li. Atomic weight 7.0 So called from having been discovered in a mineral.

Lith"o (lth") A combining form from Gr. li`qos, stone.

Lith`o*bil"ic (-bl"k), a. [Litho + bile.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones.

Lith"o*carp (lth"*kärp), n. [Litho- + Gr. karpo`s fruit: cf. F. lithocarpe.] (Paleon.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.

Lith`o*chro*mat"ics (-kr*mt"ks), n. See Lithochromics.

Lith`o*chro"mics (-kr"mks), n. [Litho- + Gr. chrw^ma color.] The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone.

Lith"o*clast (lth"*klst), n. [Litho- + Gr. kla^n to break.] (Surg.) An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.

Lith"o*cyst (lth"*sst), n. [Litho- + cyst.] (Zoöl.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusæ, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs.

Lith"o*dome (-dm), n. [Litho- + Gr. do`mos house: cf. F. lithodome.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus Lithodomus.

Li*thod"o*mous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.

||Li*thod"o*mus (?), n. [NL. See Lithodome.] (Zoöl.) A genus of ||elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for ||their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, ||etc. Called also Lithophagus. || These holes are at first very small and shallow, but are enlarged with the growth of the shell, sometimes becoming two or three inches deep and nearly an inch diameter.

Lith"o*fel"lic (?), a. [Litho- + L. fel, fellis, gall.] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.

||Lith`o*frac"teur (?), n. [F., fr. li`qos stone + L. frangere, ||fractum, to break.] An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See ||Nitroglycerin. || Lith`o*gen"e*sy (?), n. [Litho- Gr. ge`nesis origin, generation: cf. F. lithogénésie. See Genesis.] The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

Li*thog"e*nous (l*thj"*ns), a. [Litho- + -genous.] Stone- producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

Lith"o*glyph (lth"*glf), n. [Gr. liqoglyfi`a; li`qos stone + gly`fein to engrave.] An engraving on a gem.

Li*thog"ly*pher (l*thg"l*fr), n. One who curs or engraves precious stones.

Lith`o*glyph"ic (lth`*glf"k), a. Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.

Lith`o*glyp"tics (-glp"tks), n. The art of cutting and engraving gems.

Lith"o*graph (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lithographed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lithographing (?).] [Litho- + - graph: cf. F. lithographier.] To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography.

Lith"o*graph, n. A print made by lithography.

Li*thog"ra*pher (l*thg"r*fr), n. One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.

{ Lith`o*graph"ic (?), Lith`o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. lithographique.] Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture.

Lithographic limestone (Min.), a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and Oölite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography.

-- Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Li*thog"ra*phy (?), n. [Cf. F. lithographie.] The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic.

{ Lith"oid (?) Li*thoid"al (?), } a. [Litho- + -oid: cf. F. lithoïde.] Like a stone; having a stony structure.

Li*thol"a*try (?), n. [Litho- + Gr. &?; worship.] The worship of a stone or stones.

{ Lith`o*log"ic (?), Lith`o*log"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. lithologique.] 1. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.

2. Of or pertaining to lithology.

Lith`o*log"ic*al*ly (?), adv. From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically.

Li*thol"o*gist (?), n. One who is skilled in lithology.

Li*thol"o*gy (?), n. [Litho- + -logy: cf. F. lithologie.] 1. The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.

2. (Med.) A treatise on stones found in the body.

Lith"o*man`cy (?), n. [Litho- + -mancy: cf. F. lithomancie.] Divination by means of stones.

Lith"o*marge (?), n. [Litho- + L. marga marl.] A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.

{ Lith`on*thrip"tic, Lith`on*thryp"tic } (?), a. & n. [Litho- + Gr. &?; to crush.] Same as Lithontriptic.

Lith`on*trip"tic (?), a. [Gr. li`qos, acc. &?;, a stone + &?; to rub, grind: cf. F. lithontriptique.] (Med.) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forcéps. -- n. A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.

Lith"on*trip"tist, n. Same as Lithotriptist.

Lith"on*trip`tor (?), n. (Surg.) See Lithotriptor.

Li*thoph"a*gous (?), a. [Litho- + Gr. &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.) (a) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich. (b) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See Lithodomus.

Lith`o*phane (?), n. [Litho- + Gr. fai`nein to show, reveal.] Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.

Lith"o*phos`phor (?), n. [Litho- + phosphor.] A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat.

Lith`o*phos*phor"ic (?), a. Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.

Lith`o*pho*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Litho- + photography.] Same as Photolithography.

Lith"o*phyll (?), n. [Gr. li`qos a stone + &?; a leaf: cf. F. lithophylle.] A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.

Lith"o*physe (?), n. [Litho- + Gr. &?; a flatus, air bubble.] (Min.) A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name.

Lith"o*phyte (?), n. [Litho- + Gr. &?; plant: cf. F. lithophyte.] (Zoöl.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.

Lith`o*phyt"ic (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to lithophytes.

Li*thoph"y*tous (?), a. Lithophytic.

Li*tho"sian (?), n. [From NL. Lithosia, the typical genus, fr. Gr. li`qos a stone, a rock.] (Zoöl.) Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidæ. Many of them are beautifully colored.

Lith"o*tint (?), n. [Litho- + tint.] 1. A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.

2. A picture produced by this process.

Lith"o*tome (?), n. [Gr. &?; cutting stones; li`qos stone + &?; to cut: cf. F. lithotome.] 1. A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.

2. (Surg.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.

{ Lith`o*tom"ic (?), Lith`o*tom"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. li`qos stone cutting: cf. F. lithotomique.] Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.

Li*thot"o*mist (?), n. [Cf. F. lithotomiste.] One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.

Li*thot"o*my (?), n. [L. lithotomia, Gr. &?;: cf. F. lithotomie.] (Surg.) The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.

Lith"o*trip`sy (lth"*trp`s), n. [Litho- + Gr. tri`bein to rub, grind: cf. F. lithotripsie.] (Surg.) The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.

Lith`o*trip"tic (-trp"tk), a. & n. Same as Lithontriptic.

Lith"o*trip`tist (lth"*trp`tst), n. One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.

Lith"o*trip`tor (?), n. (Surg.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

{ Lith"o*trite (?), Lith"o*tri"tor (?), } [See Lithotrity.] (Surg.) A lithotriptor.

Li*thot"ri*tist (?), n. A lithotriptist.

Li*thot"ri*ty (?), n. [Litho- + L. terere, tritum, to rub, grind.] (Surg.) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.

Lith"o*type (?), n. A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from it. See Lithotypy.

Lith"o*type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lithotyped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lithotyping (?).] To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.

Lith`o*typ"ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.

Li*thot"y*py (?), n. [Litho- + -typy.] The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotype plate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Li*thox`yl (?), n. [Written also lithoxyle.] [Litho- + Gr. &?; wood: cf. F. lithoxyle.] Petrified wood. [Obs.]

Lith`u*a"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory).

Lith`u*a"ni*an, n. A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the Lithuanian people.

Lith"y (?) a. [See Lithe.] Easily bent; pliable.

Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana); -- so named from its tough and flexible stem.

Lit"i*ga*ble (?), a. Such as can be litigated.

Lit"i*gant (?), a. [L. litigans, -antis, p. pr. of litigare: cf. F. litigant. See Litigate.] Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. Ayliffe.

Lit"i*gant, n. A person engaged in a lawsuit.

Lit"i*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Litigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Litigating.] [See Litigation.] 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.

Lit"i*gate, v. i. To carry on a suit by judicial process.