plead
verb
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appeal or request earnestly“I pleaded with the singer to stop.”
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enter a plea, as in courts of law“The defendant pleaded not guilty.”
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offer as an excuse or plea“The children were pleading why they should not have to do their chores.”
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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