plead
1. appeal or request earnestly (Freq. 10)
- I pleaded with him to stop
• Hypernyms:
appeal, invoke
• Hyponyms:
beg, implore, pray, bid, beseech,
entreat, adjure, press, conjure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- They plead to move
2. offer as an excuse or plea (Freq. 4)
- She was pleading insanity
• Hypernyms:
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s Adjective
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. enter a plea, as in courts of law (Freq. 4)
- She pleaded not guilty
• Derivationally related forms:
pleading
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
declare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s Adjective
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 (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
pleader, pleading
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
allege, aver, say
• Hyponyms:
demur
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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