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For the verb: "to plead"

Simple Past:	pled, pleaded
Past Participle:	pled, pleaded

Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

plead
A	verb
	1	plead
				appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚appeal; invoke ╚plead ╚bid; beseech; entreat; adjure; press; conjure ╚beg; implore; pray
	2	plead
				enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚declare ╚plead
	3	plead
				offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚present; represent; lay out ╚argue; reason ╚defend; support; fend for ╚apologize; apologise; excuse; justify; rationalize; rationalise ╚plead
	4	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
		Category Tree: insist; take a firm stand ╚assert; asseverate; maintain ╚allege; aver; say ╚plead ╚demur

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