Main entry: plead
Definition: appeal or request earnestly
Usage: I pleaded with him to stop
Main entry: plead
Definition: enter a plea, as in courts of law
Usage: She pleaded not guilty
Main entry: plead
Definition: offer as an excuse or plea
Usage: She was pleading insanity
Main entry: plead
Definition: 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