PLEAD: значение слова

verb (pleaded or pled; also plead; pleading)
Etymology: Middle English pleden, plaiden, from Anglo-French plaider, pleder, from plai plea
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb to argue a case or cause in a court of law,

2. to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, to conduct pleadings, to make a plea of a specified nature ,

4. to argue for or against a claim, to entreat or appeal earnestly, transitive verb to maintain (as a case or cause) in a court of law or other tribunal, to allege in or by way of a legal plea, to offer as a plea usually in defense, apology, or excuse, pleadable adjective pleader noun pleadingly adverb