| VERB | communication | plead | appeal or request earnestly |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | plead | offer as an excuse or plea | |
| communication | plead | enter a plea, as in courts of law | |
| communication | plead | 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 |
| Sounds | pliy'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd... | |
| Meaning | appeal or request earnestly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | They plead to move | |
| Example | "I pleaded with him to stop" | |
| Narrower | beg, implore, pray | Call upon in supplication |
| bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure | ask for or request earnestly | |
| Broader | appeal, invoke | request earnestly (something from somebody) |
| Spanish | implorar, rogar, suplicar | |
| Catalan | pregar | |
| Meaning | offer as an excuse or plea. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "She was pleading insanity" | |
| Broader | apologize, apologise, excuse, rationalize, rationalise | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
| Spanish | alegar | |
| Meaning | Enter a plea, as in courts of law. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective | |
| Example | "She pleaded not guilty" | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| Spanish | declararse | |
| Nouns | pleading | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding |
| Meaning | 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | demur | Enter a demurrer |
| Broader | allege, aver, say | Report or maintain |
| Spanish | apelar | |
| Catalan | apel·lar | |
| Nouns | pleader | a lawyer who pleads / pleads cases in court |
| pleading | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | |
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