PLEAD


Meaning of PLEAD in English

v. 25B6; verb

he pleaded with her to stay : BEG, implore, entreat, appeal to, supplicate, petition, request, ask, call on; poetic/literary beseech.

she pleaded ignorance : CLAIM, use as an excuse, assert, allege, argue, state.

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