PLEAD as VERB

1. Meaning
   • appeal or request earnestly
   Usage Example(s)
   • I pleaded with him to stop
   Hypernyms(s) plead is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • appeal (what does appeal mean?)
   • invoke (what does invoke mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • beg (what does beg mean?)
   • implore (what does implore mean?)
   • pray (what does pray mean?)
   • bid (what does bid mean?)
   • beseech (what does beseech mean?)
   • entreat (what does entreat mean?)
   • adjure (what does adjure mean?)
   • press (what does press mean?)
   • conjure (what does conjure mean?)
2. Meaning
   • enter a plea, as in courts of law
   Usage Example(s)
   • She pleaded not guilty
   Hypernyms(s) plead is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • declare (what does declare mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pleading (what does pleading mean?)
3. Meaning
   • offer as an excuse or plea
   Usage Example(s)
   • She was pleading insanity
   Hypernyms(s) plead is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • apologize (what does apologize mean?)
   • apologise (what does apologise mean?)
   • excuse (what does excuse mean?)
   • justify (what does justify mean?)
   • rationalize (what does rationalize mean?)
   • rationalise (what does rationalise mean?)
4. 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
   Hypernyms(s) plead is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • allege (what does allege mean?)
   • aver (what does aver mean?)
   • say (what does say mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • demur (what does demur mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • advocate (what does advocate mean?)
   • counsel (what does counsel mean?)
   • counselor (what does counselor mean?)
   • counsellor (what does counsellor mean?)
   • counselor-at-law (what does counselor-at-law mean?)
   • pleader (what does pleader mean?)
   • pleading (what does pleading mean?)