To plead is defined as to beg or to respond to a charge of a crime.
(verb)See plead in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb pleaded or pled or plead , pleading
Origin: ME pleden < OFr plaidier < plaid: see plea
transitive verb
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See plead in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb plead·ed or pled (plĕd), plead·ing, pleads verb, intransitive
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Origin: Middle English pleden, plaiden
Origin: , from Old French plaidier
Origin: , from Medieval Latin placitāre, to appeal to the law
Origin: , from Late Latin placitum, decree, opinion; see plea
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