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- DictionaryPlead/plēd/
verb
- 1. make an emotional appeal: "“Don't go,” she pleaded"
- 2. present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context: "using cheap melodrama to plead the case for three prisoners"
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).
Plead definition: to appeal or entreat earnestly. See examples of PLEAD used in a sentence.
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).
Definition of plead verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
to say something as an excuse: You'll just have to plead ignorance (= say you did not know). plead sb's case/cause. to say something to try to help someone get what they want or avoid punishment. (Definition of plead from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.
Plead Definition. To present a case in a law court; argue the case of either party. To discuss or defend (a law case) by argument. To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly. Plead against a bill. To present a plea. To make an earnest appeal; supplicate; beg. To plead for mercy. question.
