There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
LITIGATE
action, sue, litigate, process
(verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; “He was warned that the district attorney would process him”; “She actioned the company for discrimination”
litigate
(verb) engage in legal proceedings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
litigate (third-person singular simple present litigates, present participle litigating, simple past and past participle litigated)
(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
(transitive) To contest in law.
(transitive, transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.
Source: Wiktionary
Lit"i*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Litigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Litigating.] Etym: [See Litigation.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To carry on a suit by judicial process.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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