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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  O  that  one  might  plead  for  a  man  with  God,  as  a  man 
  pleadeth  for  his  neighbor!  --Job  xvi.  21. 
 
  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. 
 
  3.  To  contend;  to  struggle.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pled  \Pled\, 
  imp.  &  p.  p.  of  {Plead}  [Colloq.]  --Spenser. 




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