Plead
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English
Verb
Plead (third-person singular simple present pleads, present participle pleading, simple past and past participle pled (North American and Scottish English) or pleaded (UK))
- To present an argument, especially in a legal case.
- The defendant has decided to plead not guilty.
- To beg, beseech, or implore.
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Adverbs for Plead
eloquently; persuasively; convincingly; vehemently; indignantly; ostensibly; earnestly; brokenly; meekly; despairingly; touchingly.
Thesaurus
adduce, adjure, advance, advocate, affirm, allege, appeal, appeal to, apply to, argue, argufy, array, ask, ask for, assert, aver, avow, bandy words, beg, beseech, bicker, blandish, brace, bring forward, bring on, bring to bear, cajole, call for help, call on, call upon, cavil, choplogic, clamor for, coax, conduct pleadings, conjure, contend, contest, crave, cross swords, cry for, cry on, cry to, cut and thrust, declare, demand, deploy, discept, dispute, entreat, exhort, give and take, hassle, have it out, high-pressure, impetrate, implead, implore, importune, imprecate, insist, insist upon, invoke, jawbone, join issue, kneel to, lobby, lock horns, logomachize, maintain, make a plea, marshal, moot, nag, obtest, offer, petition, pettifog, plead for, plead with, polemicize, polemize, pray, present, press, pressure, produce, push, put forward, quibble, rally, recommend, request, rest, run to, say, seek, soft-soap, solicit, spar, supplicate, swear, sweet-talk, take sides, thrash out, try conclusions, urge, wheedle, work on, wrangle
Etymology
From Middle English < Old French plaider (“to plead, offer a plea”) < plait < Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.", in Classical Latin, "an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of placere (“to please”).
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External links
- Plead in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Plead in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Plead at OneLook Dictionary Search
