- to prosecute or sue in a law court
- to bring into an action by impleader
Origin of implead
Middle English enpleden from Anglo-French enpleder from Old French emplaidier: see in- and pleadimplead
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implead
transitive verb
im·plead·ed, im·plead·ing, im·pleadsTo sue (a third party) in a lawsuit that has already been commenced as a defendant who may be liable for the claim that is the subject of the suit.
Origin of implead
Middle English empleden from Anglo-Norman empleder variant of Old French emplaider en- intensive pref. ( from Latin in- ; see in- 2. ) plaidier to plead ; see plead .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present impleads, present participle impleading, simple past and past participle impleaded)
Origin
in- + plead
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