plead: Meaning and Definition of

plead

1. to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
2. to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.
3. to afford an argument or appeal: His youth pleads for him.
1. to make any allegation or plea in an action at law.
2. to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge.
3. to address a court as an advocate.
4. Obs.to prosecute a suit or action at law.

1. to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse: to plead ignorance.
2. to plead a statute of limitations.
1. to maintain (a cause) by argument before a court.
2. to allege or set forth (something) formally in an action at law.
3. to allege or cite in legal defense:to plead a statute of limitations.