plead
Verbs
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(v) appeal or request earnestly
- I pleaded with him to stop
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(v) offer as an excuse or plea
- She was pleading insanity
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(v) enter a plea, as in courts of law
- She pleaded not guilty
- (v) 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