plead

verbid 15950·updated Jun 3, 2026

verified

GlossaryL1 — what DictionaryL2 — how used ThesaurusL3 — relations Universaleverything

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

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Cognitive

Apply72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Responsibility

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value

Automation

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value

Variants

4 surface forms

pasttense: pleaded
presentparticiple: pleading
thirdpersonsingular: pleads
pastparticiple: pleaded

Framework definitions

4 senses across 1 framework

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →

§1: appeal or request earnestly
§2: enter a plea, as in courts of law
§3: offer as an excuse or plea
§4: 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

Outgoing relationships

term as subject — 0 triples

No outgoing triples

This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

term as object — 0 triples

No incoming triples

No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.