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- [pleed]
- /plid/
- /pliːd/
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- [pleed]
- /plid/
Definitions of plead word
- verb without object plead to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time. 1
- verb without object plead to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job. 1
- verb without object plead to afford an argument or appeal: His youth pleads for him. 1
- verb without object plead Law. to make any allegation or plea in an action at law. to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge. to address a court as an advocate. Obsolete. to prosecute a suit or action at law. 1
- verb with object plead to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse: to plead ignorance. 1
- verb with object plead Law. to maintain (a cause) by argument before a court. to allege or set forth (something) formally in an action at law. to allege or cite in legal defense: to plead a statute of limitations. 1
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Origin of plead
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English plaiden < Old French plaid(i)er to go to law, plead < early Medieval Latin placitāre to litigate, derivative of Latin placitum opinion. See plea
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Parts of speech for Plead
noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
plead popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
plead usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for plead
verb plead
- allege — If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- appeal — If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- approach — When you approach something, you get closer to it.
Antonyms for plead
verb plead
- crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- implead — to sue in a court of law.
- misplead — To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
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