To plead with someone is to try to convince them to see it your way. Your kids may plead with you to let them go on the super huge outrageous roller coaster built in 1968, but you know better.
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;
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
of Plead
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To contend; to struggle.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
Plead
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!2.
Plead
Every man should plead his own matter.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness, in excuse of faults.
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;
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;
Usage Examples
God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.
With reasonable men, I will reason with humane men I will plead but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.
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Other Usage ExamplesI plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.
If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.
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