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plead

[pleed]

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verb (used without object)

to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.

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

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

Law.

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

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

to address a court as an advocate.

Obsolete. to prosecute a suit or action at law.

verb (used with object)

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

Law.

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

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

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

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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English plaiden < Old French plaid(i)er to go to law, plead < early Medieval Latin placitāre to litigate, derivative of Latin placitum opinion. See plea

Related forms

re·plead, verb, -plead·ed, -plead·ing.

un·plead·ed, adjective

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

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Example Sentences

If editors and publishers plead poverty in this era of declining circulation, he.

In the field of international trade, they would be right to plead not guilty to all three.

If the police stopped him, he'd plead poverty and tiny mouths to feed, and send them home with an armload of fruit.

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If editors and publishers plead poverty in this era of declining circulation, he.

In the field of international trade, they would be right to plead not guilty to all three.

If the police stopped him, he'd plead poverty and tiny mouths to feed, and send them home with an armload of fruit.

What surprised me is how easy it is to convince someone to plead guilty when he is innocent.

Death row is full of those who plead their innocence, and the world is full of those who despise the death penalty.

Jordan has agreed to plead guilty, prosecutors said.

The tribunal has yet to determine whether foreign lawyers may even appear to plead before it.

It's possible to plead academic freedom and say that it's a legitimate question.

It requires us to look, to search, to plead with nature for an answer.

In mitigation of their previous failure, they can justly plead that global warming is a problem of unique complexity.

That's why they created this world-wide agencies to cover their tracks and plead ignorance or incompetence.

The company eventually agreed to plead guilty due to the financial and emotional stress of the case, he said.

But oil money has been pouring into the government's coffers, making it hard to plead the need for austerity.

Froistad's lawyer said he will plead not guilty, as he may have been taking anti-depressants at the time he posted the confession.

They plead to be inscribed in the book of life, as the gates of heaven close.

With plea bargaining, defendants are under huge pressure to plead guilty.

The first is that pro-voucher blacks have established a lobbying group to plead their cause.

Unable to calm the hot-heads, he could do little but plead for the law to be respected.

Lyle would plead not guilty to any charges in connection with the fatal.

Each year rejected applicants and their parents walk into this office to plead their cases for admission.

Plans to halve the jail terms of criminals who plead guilty early were dropped from an.

Murkowski has agreed to plead guilty to fraud as part of an corruption investigation involving an oil field.

Hevesi, the former state comptroller, is reportedly poised to plead guilty to a felony corruption charge.

They plead with us to look beyond their unfamiliarity, and ask us to accept them.

OpenTable, a website, allows people to book a table without having to plead with a snooty hostess.

It does not require a plaintiff to plead with particularity every element of a cause of action.

And many subsequently plead guilty after charges are reduced, which is why so many do not go on to contest the case.

They plead for the means to go deeper but they cannot afford the dynamite or machinery.

The men said that they wanted to confess-an attempt to plead guilty.

Both ex-presidents plead innocence, but they have already been publicly humiliated, and sent to jail where they await trial.

Innocent defendants may plead guilty in return for a shorter sentence to avoid the risk of a much longer one.

Pundits plead for a blood-sweat-and-tears speech on the economic crisis, but she has yet to deliver it.

State budgets are typically mandated to be balanced, so they plead to the federal government.

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World English Dictionary

plead (pliːd)

—vb (when intr, often foll by with) (often foll by for) , esp (US), (Scot) pleads, pleading, pleaded, plead, pled
1.	to appeal earnestly or humbly (to)
2.	(tr; may take a clause as object) to give as an excuse; offer in justification or extenuation: to plead ignorance; he pleaded that he was insane
3.	to provide an argument or appeal (for): her beauty pleads for her
4.	law to declare oneself to be (guilty or not guilty) in answer to the charge
5.	law to advocate (a case) in a court of law
6.	(intr) law
	a. to file pleadings
	b. to address a court as an advocate

[C13: from Old French plaidier, from Medieval Latin placitāre to have a lawsuit, from Latin placēre to please; see plea]

'pleadable

—*adj*

'pleader

—n

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Word Origin & History

plead

mid-13c., "make a plea in court," from Anglo-Fr. pleder, O.Fr. pleider, plaidier, "agreement, discussion, lawsuit," from M.L. placitare, from L.L. placitum (see plea). Sense of "request, beg" first recorded late 14c.

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"The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom "charitable" souls keep their distance, he has still said nothing. Or, rather, he has spoken through the voice of Victor Hugo, Zola, Richepin. At least, they said so. And these shameful impostures fed their authors. Cruel irony, the Poor Man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case."

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