| plead [v] |
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| 1) | appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop" |
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| appeal beg adjure |
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| 2) | offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity" |
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| apologise |
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| 3) | enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty" |
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| declare jurisprudence pleading |
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| 4) | 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 |
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| allege jurisprudence advocate pleading demur |
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