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A tie or brace; a syncopation.

Legateship. [Obs.]

To make smooth in action. " When use hath levigated the organs." Barrow.

The act or operation of levigating.

To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.

That which binds; bond; connection. Tied with tape, and sealed at each fold and ligation. Sir W. Scott.

An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.

The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.

r defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.

The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

One who litigates.

A small log or piece of wood. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

. See under Lich.

A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.

An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.

One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.

A erroneous statement or allegation. Bp. Hall.

painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.

The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.

Tending to mitigate; alleviating.