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单词 plead
释义 plead
 /pleed/,  v.  , pleaded or pled; pleading.
  v.i.  
  1. to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
  2. to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.
  3. to afford an argument or appeal: His youth pleads for him.
  4.  Law.  
   a. to make any allegation or plea in an action at law.
   b. to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge.
   c. to address a court as an advocate.
   d.  Obs.   to prosecute a suit or action at law.
  v.t.  
  5. to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse: to plead ignorance.
  6.  Law.  
   a. to maintain (a cause) by argument before a court.
   b. to allege or set forth (something) formally in an action at law.
   c. to allege or cite in legal defense: to plead a statute of limitations.
 [1200-50; ME plaiden < OF plaid(i)er to go to law, plead < early ML placitare to litigate, deriv. of L placitum opinion. See PLEA]
 Syn. 1. beg, supplicate. 2. reason. 5. claim.
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