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Audio Help [pleed] Pronunciation Key verb, plead·ed or pled; plead·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.

2.	to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.

3.	to afford an argument or appeal: His youth pleads for him.

Law.

a.	to make any allegation or plea in an action at law.

b.	to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge.

c.	to address a court as an advocate.

d.	Obsolete. to prosecute a suit or action at law.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse: to plead ignorance.

Law.

a.	to maintain (a cause) by argument before a court.

b.	to allege or set forth (something) formally in an action at law.

c.	to allege or cite in legal defense: to plead a statute of limitations.

[Origin: 1200–50; ME plaiden < OF plaid(i)er to go to law, plead < early ML placitāre to litigate, deriv. of L placitum opinion. See plea

]

—Synonyms 1. beg, supplicate. 2. reason. 5. claim.

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plead Audio Help   (plēd) Pronunciation Key
v.   plead·ed or pled (plěd), plead·ing, pleads

v.   intr.

To appeal earnestly; beg: plead for more time.
To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly: plead against a bill.
To provide an argument or appeal: Your youth pleads for you in this instance.
Law
1. To put forward a plea of a specific nature in court: plead guilty.
2. To make or answer an allegation in a legal proceeding.
3. To address a court as a lawyer or advocate.

v. tr.

To assert as defense, vindication, or excuse; claim as a plea: plead illness.
Law
1. To present as an answer to a charge, indictment, or declaration made against one.
2. To argue or present (a case) in a court or similar tribunal.

[Middle English pleden, plaiden, from Old French plaidier, from Medieval Latin placitāre, to appeal to the law, from Late Latin placitum, decree, opinion; see plea.]

plead'a·ble adj., plead'er n., plead'ing·ly adv.

Usage Note: In strict legal usage, one is said to plead guilty or plead not guilty but not to plead innocent. In nonlegal contexts, however, plead innocent is well established.

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