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- verbplead (verb) · pleads (third person present) · pleaded (past tense) · pleaded (past participle) · pled (past tense) · pled (past participle) · pleading (present participle)
- make an emotional appeal:"“Don't go,” she pleaded" · "Anne pleaded to go with her" · "they pleaded with Carol to come home again"
- present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context:"using cheap melodrama to plead the case for three prisoners"
- lawaddress a court as an advocate on behalf of a party:"the Constitution prohibits a retired Supreme Court judge from pleading before any court"
- lawstate formally in court whether one is guilty or not guilty of the offense with which one is charged:"he pleaded guilty to the drug charge"
- lawinvoke (a reason or a point of law) as an accusation or defense:"on trial for attempted murder, she pleaded self-defense"
- offer or present as an excuse for doing or not doing something:"he pleaded family commitments as a reason for not attending"
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘to wrangle’): from Old French plaidier ‘go to law’, from plaid ‘discussion’ (see plea).Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- make an emotional appeal:
- present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context:
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