plead

(plēd)

1. To appeal earnestly; beg: plead for more time.
2. To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly: plead against a bill.
3. To provide an argument or appeal: Your youth pleads for you in this instance.
4. Law
   a. To put forward a plea of a specific nature in court: plead guilty.
   b. To make or answer an allegation in a legal proceeding.
   c. To address a court as a lawyer or advocate.

1. To assert as defense, vindication, or excuse; claim as a plea: plead illness.
2. Law
   a. To present as an answer to a charge, indictment, or declaration made against one.
   b. To argue or present (a case) in a court or similar tribunal.

Related Forms:

• pleadˈa·ble adjective

• pleadˈer noun

• pleadˈing·ly adverb