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plead    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.
4.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.
6.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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pled    Audio Help   [pled] Pronunciation Key
–verb
a pt. and pp. of plead.
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