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- Dictionaryplead/pliːd/
verb
- 1. make an emotional appeal: "she pleaded with them not to gag the boy" Similar
- 2. present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context: "the idea that in public relations work someone is paid to plead a special case is disliked" Similar
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to make a statement of what you believe to be true, especially in support of something or someone or when someone has been accused in a law court: The defendant pleaded not guilty / innocent to robbery with violence. They paid a high-powered attorney to plead their case (= argue for them in court).
1. : to argue a case or cause in a court of law. 2. a. : to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding. especially : to answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts. b. : to conduct pleadings. 3. : to make a plea of a specified nature. plead not guilty. 4. a.
to make a statement of what you believe to be true, especially in support of something or someone or when someone has been accused in a law court: The defendant pleaded not guilty / innocent to robbery with violence. They paid a high-powered attorney to plead their case (= argue for them in court).
To plead is to ask for something from someone, often on the verge of begging. You may plead with the phone company to give an appointment time that spans only three hours, but, regardless of your pleading, they will make you wait eight hours for the technician to finally show. Definitions of plead. verb. appeal or request earnestly.
Plead definition: to appeal or entreat earnestly. See examples of PLEAD used in a sentence.
1. To assert as defense, vindication, or excuse; claim as a plea: plead illness as the reason for his absence. 2. Law. a. To specify (a cause of action or defense): plead a First Amendment claim. b. To set forth in a pleading: plead that plaintiff suffered damages as a result of the breach of contract.
Definition of plead verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it. She pleaded with her daughter to come back home. American English : plead / ˈplid /
To discuss or defend (a law case) by argument. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly. Plead against a bill. American Heritage. To present a plea. Webster's New World. To make an earnest appeal; supplicate; beg. To plead for mercy. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
plead. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English plead /pliːd/ verb 1 [ intransitive, transitive] to ask for something that you want very much, in a sincere and emotional way SYN beg ‘Don’t go!’.
