intransitive verb. 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. undefined

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

intransitive verb. To set forth in a pleading.

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.

transitive 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.

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 contend; to struggle.

verb. To present an argument, especially in a legal case.

verb. To beg, beseech, or implore.

verb. appeal or request earnestly

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

verb. offer as an excuse or plea

verb. enter a plea, as in courts of law

"QUOTATION: Their cause I plead, —plead it in heart and mind;"

rule to plead  

plea  pleasant  please  pleasurable  pleasure  

apologise  apologize  declare  excuse  justify  

Aristide  Bede  Ede  Gilead  Mead  

apology  appeal  caress  casuistry  earnestness  

adduce  adjure  advance  advocate  affirm  

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