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Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) 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..

Grainer :: Grainer (n.) An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

Diminuendo :: Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign..

Surcease :: Surbet (a.) Surbated; bruised.

Improbate :: Improbate (v. t.) To disapprove of; to disallow.

Jar :: Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.

Long :: Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book..

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated..

Allow :: Allow (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off..

Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate..

Reprobation :: Reprobation (n.) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment..

Tare :: Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc..

Probate :: Probate (a.) Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record..

Fin-footed :: Fin-footed (a.) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe..

Stir :: Stir (v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

Limbate :: Limbate (a.) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ..

Quell :: Quell (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.

Let-up :: Let-up (n.) Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up..

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