† foreˈplead,v.Obs.—0 [perh. for *forplead, f. for- prefix1 (sense as in forswear) + plead.] ? trans. To overreach in pleading. Hence foreˈpleadingvbl.n., unfair argument. 1624Bedell Lett. iii. 54 The forepleadings and aduantages to bee vsed against Heretikes.