Plead

Verb

 * 1) To present an argument, especially in a legal case.
 * The defendant has decided to plead not guilty.
 * 1) To beg, beseech, or implore.

Related terms

 * plea
 * pleasant
 * please
 * pleasurable
 * pleasure

Adverbs for Plead
eloquently; persuasively; convincingly; vehemently; indignantly; ostensibly; earnestly; brokenly; meekly; despairingly; touchingly.

Thesaurus
adduce, adjure, advance, advocate, affirm, allege, appeal, appeal to, apply to, argue, argufy, array, ask, ask for, assert, aver, avow, bandy words, beg, beseech, bicker, blandish, brace, bring forward, bring on, bring to bear, cajole, call for help, call on, call upon, cavil, choplogic, clamor for, coax, conduct pleadings, conjure, contend, contest, crave, cross swords, cry for, cry on, cry to, cut and thrust, declare, demand, deploy, discept, dispute, entreat, exhort, give and take, hassle, have it out, high-pressure, impetrate, implead, implore, importune, imprecate, insist, insist upon, invoke, jawbone, join issue, kneel to, lobby, lock horns, logomachize, maintain, make a plea, marshal, moot, nag, obtest, offer, petition, pettifog, plead for, plead with, polemicize, polemize, pray, present, press, pressure, produce, push, put forward, quibble, rally, recommend, request, rest, run to, say, seek, soft-soap, solicit, spar, supplicate, swear, sweet-talk, take sides, thrash out, try conclusions, urge, wheedle, work on, wrangle

Etymology
From <  plaider: < plait: <  placitum:, neuter of placitus:, past participle of placere:.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 嘆願する、たんがんする、Tangan suru
 * Romanian: pleda


 * Russian: защищать (for somebody - кого-либо), представлять интересы, выступать с заявлением (в суде)
 * to plead guilty (to) - признать себя виновным (в чём-либо)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: pledirati, zagovarjati se


 * Polish: błagać

Anagrams

 * padel
 * paled
 * pedal