Plead
21plead — [c]/plid / (say pleed) verb (pleaded or plead /plɛd / (say pled) or, Chiefly US, pled, pleading) –verb (i) 1. to make earnest appeal or entreaty: to plead for help. 2. to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something. 3 …
22plead — /pleed/, v., pleaded or pled; pleading. v.i. 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… …
23plead — verb 1 ask sb for sth in a very serious way ADVERB ▪ almost ▪ She was almost pleading with him. ▪ silently ▪ successfully (esp. BrE) ▪ She successfully pleaded …
24plead — verb (past and past participle pleaded or US & dialect pled) 1》 make an emotional appeal. 2》 present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context. ↘Law address a court as an advocate on behalf of a party. 3》… …
25plead — verb (pleaded or pled; also plead; pleading) Etymology: Middle English pleden, plaiden, from Anglo French plaider, pleder, from plai plea Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to argue a case or cause in a court of law 2. a. to make …
26plead — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
27plead — [13] Essentially plead and plea are the same word. Both go back ultimately to Latin placitum ‘something pleasant’, hence ‘something that pleases both sides’, ‘something agreed upon’, and finally ‘opinion, decision’. This was a noun formed from… …
28plead — [13] Essentially plead and plea are the same word. Both go back ultimately to Latin placitum ‘something pleasant’, hence ‘something that pleases both sides’, ‘something agreed upon’, and finally ‘opinion, decision’. This was a noun formed from… …
29plead — v. (past and past part. pleaded or esp. US, Sc., & dial. pled) 1 intr. (foll. by with) make an earnest appeal to. 2 intr. Law address a lawcourt as an advocate on behalf of a party. 3 tr. maintain (a cause) esp. in a lawcourt. 4 tr. Law declare… …
30plead — verb /ˈpliːd/ a) To present an argument, especially in a legal case. The defendant has decided to plead not guilty. b) To beg, beseech, or implore. See Also: plea, pleasant, please, pleasurable, pleasure …
