Plead

What do we mean by plead?

To appeal earnestly; beg. intransitive verb

To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly. intransitive verb

To provide an argument or appeal. intransitive verb

To respond to a criminal charge. intransitive verb

To assert as defense, vindication, or excuse; claim as a plea. intransitive verb

To specify (a cause of action or defense). intransitive verb

To set forth in a pleading. intransitive verb

In law, to present an answer to the declaration or complaint of a plaintiff, or the charge of a prosecutor; deny the plaintiff's declaration or complaint, or allege facts relied on as showing that he ought not to recover in the suit.

To urge a plea, an argument, or an excuse for or against a claim, or in support, justification, extenuation, etc.; endeavor to persuade by argument or supplication; urge reasons or use argument: as, to plead with a judge for a criminal or in his favor; to plead with a wrongdoer, urging him to reform.

To sue; make application; enter a plea or an argument.

To argue or prosecute causes; contend.

To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons offered to the person or tribunal that has the power of determining; argue: as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.

To urge or allege in extenuation, justification, or defense; adduce in proof, support, or vindication: as, to plead poverty as an excuse for stealing.

To set forth in a plea or defense; interpose a plea of: as, to plead a statute of limitations.

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. transitive verb

To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment transitive verb

To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse. transitive 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 transitive 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. transitive verb

To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.

To beg, beseech, or implore.

To offer by way of excuse.

To discuss by arguments.

Words that are spelled similarly to plead:
plead, lead, plea, pleas, pled, pleat, pleiad, ulead, pead, pleasd, plad, pleau, flead, pleak, blead, ilead, elead, uplead, glead, clead.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word plead:
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Words that rhyme with plead:
read, lead, breed, feed, bleed, proceed, speed, concede, supersede, screed, seed, need, weed, indeed, heed, creed, precede, deed, impede, accede, inbreed, succeed, exceed, cede, proofread, reed, secede, mislead, recede, bead, reread, greed, stampede, mead, intercede, knead, nead, centipede, misread, steed, tweed, agreed, seaweed, guaranteed, bede, swede, overfeed, ede, meade, leed, fried, freed, ganymede, milkweed, sneed, decreed, treed, teed, ragweed, peed, nosebleed, misdeed, reid, snead, glede, kneed, duckweed, keyed, gilead, skied, prophesied, aniseed, skeed, siegfried, rapeseed, brede, flaxseed, eade, glead, smead, degreed, linseed, rashid, fireweed, pitied, appleseed, hamid, airspeed, gleed, pickerel weed, reseed, dreed, take heed, oilseed, pokeweed, light speed, dede, saeed, aristide, chicken feed.

Adjectives that are often used to describe plead:
vain, noble.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective plead:
ignorance, insanity, custom, promises, nothing, illness, exculpation, poverty, headache, sickness, god, chastity.

Consonant match to plead:
pled, plaid, plod, plied, plowed, played, ploughed, plaud, ploid, plude.

Words that sound like plead:
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