Verb: plead (pleaded, also pled) pleed
- Appeal or request earnestly
"I pleaded with him to stop"
- (law) enter a plea, as in courts of law
"She pleaded not guilty"
- (law) 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
"The defendant pleaded not guilty to all charges"; "Her lawyer pleaded extenuating circumstances"
- Offer as an excuse or plea
"She was pleading insanity"
Derived forms: pleading, pleaded, pleads, pled
Type of: allege, appeal, aver, declare, excuse, invoke, pronounce, rationalise [Brit], rationalize, say
Encyclopedia: Plead