plead 音标拼音: [pl'id]
vi . 辩护,恳求
vt . 为…辩护,托称
辩护,恳求为…辩护,托称
plead v 1 :
appeal or request earnestly ; "
I pleaded with him to stop "
2 :
offer as an excuse or plea ; "
She was pleading insanity "
3 :
enter a plea ,
as in courts of law ; "
She pleaded not guilty "
4 :
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 Plead \
Plead \,
v .
t .
1 .
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 .
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Every man should plead his own matter . --
Sir T .
More .
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Note :
In this sense ,
argue is more generally used by lawyers .
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2 .
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 . --
Kent .
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3 .
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 . --
Spenser .
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I will neither plead my age nor sickness ,
in excuse of faults . --
Dryden .
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Plead \
Plead \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pleaded } (
colloq . {
Plead }
or {
Pled });
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Pleading }.] [
OE .
pleden ,
plaiden ,
OF .
plaidier ,
F .
plaider ,
fr .
LL .
placitare ,
fr .
placitum .
See {
Plea }.]
1 .
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 .
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O that one might plead for a man with God ,
as a man pleadeth for his neighbor ! --
Job xvi .
21 .
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2 . (
Law )
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 . --
Blackstone .
Burrill .
Stephen .
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3 .
To contend ;
to struggle . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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110 Moby Thesaurus words for "
plead ":
adduce ,
adjure ,
advance ,
advocate ,
affirm ,
allege ,
appeal ,
appeal to ,
apply to ,
argue ,
argufy ,
array ,
ask ,
ask for ,
assert ,
aver ,
avow ,
bandy words ,
beg ,
beseech ,
bicker ,
blandish ,
brace ,
bring forward ,
bring on ,
bring to bear ,
cajole ,
call for help ,
call on ,
call upon ,
cavil ,
choplogic ,
clamor for ,
coax ,
conduct pleadings ,
conjure ,
contend ,
contest ,
crave ,
cross swords ,
cry for ,
cry on ,
cry to ,
cut and thrust ,
declare ,
demand ,
deploy ,
discept ,
dispute ,
entreat ,
exhort ,
give and take ,
hassle ,
have it out ,
high -
pressure ,
impetrate ,
implead ,
implore ,
importune ,
imprecate ,
insist ,
insist upon ,
invoke ,
jawbone ,
join issue ,
kneel to ,
lobby ,
lock horns ,
logomachize ,
maintain ,
make a plea ,
marshal ,
moot ,
nag ,
obtest ,
offer ,
petition ,
pettifog ,
plead for ,
plead with ,
polemicize ,
polemize ,
pray ,
present ,
press ,
pressure ,
produce ,
push ,
put forward ,
quibble ,
rally ,
recommend ,
request ,
rest ,
run to ,
say ,
seek ,
soft -
soap ,
solicit ,
spar ,
supplicate ,
swear ,
sweet -
talk ,
take sides ,
thrash out ,
try conclusions ,
urge ,
wheedle ,
work on ,
wrangle
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