verb
1 ask sb for sth in a very serious way
ADVERB
▪ almost
▪
She was almost ~ing with him.
▪ silently
▪ successfully ( esp. BrE )
▪
She successfully ~ed their cause with the mayor.
▪ desperately
▪
The teacher was today desperately ~ing for news of her son who has disappeared.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
They ~ed for mercy.
▪ with
▪
His eyes silently ~ed with her.
2 say that you are guilty/not guilty
PHRASES
▪ ~ guilty , ~ not guilty
▪
He ~ed not guilty to the murder.
Plead is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ eye
Plead is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ case , ↑ cause , ↑ headache , ↑ ignorance , ↑ innocence , ↑ insanity , ↑ self-defence