āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to plead
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āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĢāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to make an earnest and emotional request, often accompanied by a strong sense of urgency or desperation
Transitive: to plead for sth
Ditransitive: to plead with sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The student pleads for an extension on the assignment due to unforeseen circumstances.
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻ
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āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to state in a court of law, in front of the judge and the jury, whether someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime
Linking Verb: to plead [adj]
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lawyer advised his client to plead guilty to the lesser offense to avoid a harsher sentence.
āĻāĻāύāĻā§āĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽ āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĻā§āώ⧠āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to present arguments in a court of law to support a case
Transitive: to plead a legal case or position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The plaintiff 's lawyer pleaded their client's right to fair compensation for the damages suffered.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāύāĻā§āĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻ
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āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to state something as an excuse
Transitive: to plead an excuse or a point of law
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The plaintiff pleaded breach of contract, alleging that the defendant failed to fulfill their contractual obligations.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
pleader
pleading
plead
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