Definitions for plead
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Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. plead(verb)

   appeal or request earnestly

   "I pleaded with him to stop"

2. plead(verb)

   offer as an excuse or plea

   "She was pleading insanity"

3. plead(verb)

   enter a plea, as in courts of law

   "She pleaded not guilty"

4. plead(verb)

   make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plead(Verb)

   To present an argument, especially in a legal case.

   The defendant has decided to plead not guilty.

2. plead(Verb)

   To beg, beseech, or implore.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plead

   of Plead

   Etymology: [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.]

2. Plead(verb)

   to argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father

   Etymology: [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.]

3. Plead(verb)

   to present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea

   Etymology: [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.]

4. Plead(verb)

   to contend; to struggle

   Etymology: [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.]

5. Plead(verb)

   to discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury

   Etymology: [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.]

6. Plead(verb)

   to allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty

   Etymology: [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.]

7. Plead(verb)

   to allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors

   Etymology: [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plead

   plēd, v.i. to carry on a plea or lawsuit: to argue in support of a cause against another: to seek to persuade: to admit or deny a charge of guilt.—v.t. to discuss by arguments: to allege in pleading or defence: to offer in excuse:—pa.t. and pa.p. plead′ed, or (less correctly and coll.) pled.—adj. Plead′able, capable of being pleaded.—n. Plead′er.—adj. Plead′ing, imploring.—n. act of pleading or of conducting any cause: (pl.) the statements of the two parties in a lawsuit (law).—adv. Plead′ingly.—Plead guilty, or not guilty, to admit, or deny, guilt.—Special pleading, unfair argument aiming rather at victory than at truth. [O. Fr. plaider; cf. Plea.]

British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'plead' in Verbs Frequency: #766

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1. padel, paled, pedal

2. Padel

3. Paled

4. Pedal

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   The numerical value of plead in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of plead in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of plead in a Sentence

1. Craig Hicks:

   Ive wanted to plead guilty since day one.

2. Barack Obama:

   We know that human activity is changing the climate, we know that human ingenuity can do something about it. We're even starting to see that we might actually have the political will to succeed. So the time to heed the critics and cynics is past. The time to plead ignorance is surely past. The deniers are increasingly alone, on their own shrinking island.

3. John Selden:

   Ignorance of the law excuses no man Not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

4. Saimo Chahal:

   It's not clear that Michael actually understands what he has done, because of his Asperger's, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and other psychological conditions there is a question mark over whether he's fit to plead and to undergo the trial process in the States.

5. Richard Close:

   I plead guilty to that.

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