plead(verb) appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
(verb) enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
(verb) offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
(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
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