plead
Definition
- v. appeal or request earnestly
- v. offer as an excuse or plea
- v. enter a plea, as in courts of law
- v. 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
Word forms
- Past tense
- pleaded
- Present participle
- pleading
- Past participle
- pleaded
- Third person singular
- pleads
Example sentences
vi.
She had to plead for her freedom in front of the judge.
vt.
He pleaded his innocence during the trial.