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plead

/pliːd/verb1 syllable

Plead means: appeal or request earnestly.

Synonyms for plead9

also used for plead

appeal, ask, beg, request, entreat, allege, claim, cry, maintain

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What does plead mean?4

verb

1

appeal or request earnestly“I pleaded with him to stop”

2

offer as an excuse or plea“She was pleading insanity”

3

enter a plea, as in courts of law“She pleaded not guilty”

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with plead?32

three syllables

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All 32 rhymes for plead, grouped by syllable

Plead in a sentence

  • Ravenswood pleaded, apologised, and even kneeled, to appease her displeasure.Hybrid
  • The lawyer, assisted by a translator, pleaded the case.Igider
  • The man who was arrested for murder asked to plead the fifth.unknown
  • I plead you to tell me the truth.wma
  • It is better to plead than to perish.jimkillock
  • I had to plead with them to allow me to do that.CK
  • I had to plead with them to allow me to leave.CK
  • Miroslav would rather plead guilty than destroy more lives.Amastan

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Forms of plead

as a verb

past tense
pleaded
past participle
pleaded
present participle
pleading
third-person singular
pleads