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Definition of Plead
1. Verb. Appeal or request earnestly. "They plead to move "; "I pleaded with him to stop"
Specialized synonyms: Beg, Implore, Pray, Adjure, Beseech, Bid, Conjure, Entreat, Press
2. Verb. Offer as an excuse or plea. "She was pleading insanity"
3. Verb. Enter a plea, as in courts of law. "She pleaded not guilty"
4. 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.
Generic synonyms: Allege, Aver, Say
Specialized synonyms: Demur
Derivative terms: Pleader, Pleading
Definition of Plead
1. v. t. 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; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
2. v. t. 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; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
Definition of Plead
1. Verb. To present an argument, especially in a legal case. ¹
2. Verb. To beg, beseech, or implore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plead
1. to ask for earnestly [v PLEADED or PLED, PLEADING, PLEADS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plead
Literary usage of Plead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1832)
"COURT OF EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS. last or most usual place of abode ; but no defendan
shall be compelled to plead by virtue of this rule, ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1824 The defendant upon trial, plead non assumpsit, and non assumpsit within five
years ... 1824 He was arraigned for assault and battery, and plead guilty. ..."
3. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Promises without consideration not to plead the Statute of Limitations. A promise
not to plead the statute will generally on a fair construction imply a ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"... gift, or lease, he was seised, Sfc. but where taile, or a lease for life of
any lands or tenements, there he shall say, one will plead a lease or grant ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"At common law, in action of debt on the judgment, or in scire facias, the defendant
can plead nothing which existed anterior to the original judgment, ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1832)
"COURT OF EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS. last or most usual place of abode ; but no defendan
shall be compelled to plead by virtue of this rule, ..."
7. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1824 The defendant upon trial, plead non assumpsit, and non assumpsit within five
years ... 1824 He was arraigned for assault and battery, and plead guilty. ..."
8. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Promises without consideration not to plead the Statute of Limitations. A promise
not to plead the statute will generally on a fair construction imply a ..."
9. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"... gift, or lease, he was seised, Sfc. but where taile, or a lease for life of
any lands or tenements, there he shall say, one will plead a lease or grant ..."
10. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"At common law, in action of debt on the judgment, or in scire facias, the defendant
can plead nothing which existed anterior to the original judgment, ..."
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