plead

plead is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Plead. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. of Plead
2. transitive verb. To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
3. transitive verb. To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.
4. transitive verb. To contend; to struggle.
5. transitive verb. To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
6. transitive verb. To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.
7. transitive verb. To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.
8. verb. appeal or request earnestly

   "I pleaded with him to stop"

9. verb. enter a plea, as in courts of law

   "She pleaded not guilty"

10. verb. offer as an excuse or plea

    "She was pleading insanity"

11. verb. 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

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in plead:

padle, paled, pedal

Common word forms

pleads, pleaded, pleader, pleading, pleadable

Words from these letters

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