revendicate

transitive verb

re·ven·di·cate

ri-ˈven-də-ˌkāt

revendicated; revendicating

in the civil law of Louisiana : to bring an action to enforce rights in (specific property) especially for the recognition of ownership and the recovery of possession from one wrongfully in possession

revendication

-ˌven-də-ˈkā-shən

noun

revendicatory

-ˈven-də-kə-ˌtōr-ē

adjective

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from revendication, from French, from Middle French, probably from revendiguer to revendicate, from re- back + vendiguer to lay claim to something, from Latin vindicare