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# plead

«plead» in Mova's school dictionary: **To ask for something in a strong, emotional way; to beg** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (plead, pleads, pleaded (UK) or pled (US), pleading)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To ask for something in a strong, emotional way; to beg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#m1)

2) (law) To say in court whether you are guilty or not guilty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#m2)

3) To give something as an excuse: «He pleaded a headache». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories characters plead for mercy; Toad pleads with Badger. In law, defendants «plead guilty» or «plead not guilty».

### examples

- He pleaded with his mum for a puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#x1)
- (law) The man pleaded not guilty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#x2)
- She pleaded for more time to finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#x3)
- Toad pleaded for mercy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#x4)
- He pleaded a headache to miss PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#x5)
- «Please let me go!» she pleaded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#x6)
- "Please let me go," he pleaded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/#x7)

### note

Past: pleaded (UK) or pled (US). Noun: plea.

### In the corpora

- [«Mayn't I sing them just one little song?» he pleaded piteously.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/34/)
- [Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.17/)
- [The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.69/)
- [Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together; declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.966/)
- [Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plead» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plead/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.