S: (v) plead (appeal or request earnestly) "I pleaded with him to stop"
S: (v) plead (offer as an excuse or plea) "She was pleading insanity"
S: (v) plead (enter a plea, as in courts of law) "She pleaded not guilty"
S: (v) plead (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)