Definitions for pled

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pled pled

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IPA: /plɛd/

Pled is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in pled (delp).

Definitions for pled

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of plead.

verb (used with object)

1. to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
2. Law. to maintain (a cause) by argument before a court. to allege or set forth (something) formally in an action at law. to allege or cite in legal defense:

verb (used without object)

1. to appeal or entreat earnestly:
2. to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something:
3. to afford an argument or appeal:
4. Law. to make any allegation or plea in an action at law. to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge. to address a court as an advocate. Obsolete. to prosecute a suit or action at law.

Origin of pled

1200-50; Middle English plaiden Old French plaid(i)er to go to law, plead early Medieval Latin placitāre to litigate, derivative of Latin placitum opinion. See plea

Examples for pled

He pled guilty to manslaughter charges and received a two-and-a-half-year sentence.

I pled with him vainly for an explanation of the Prince's objection to my person.

Now that Alliegro has pled guilty, the expectation is that Rivera will not be referred to as “unindicted” for much longer.

She had pled with him before, and knelt and wept and abased herself before him.

But Lamu appeared and pled her own cause before them with convincing effect.

He was able to smile at her, a smile that pled for reassurance.

The past tense and past participle of plead are pleaded and not plead or pled.

Abu Ghaithm, who has pled not guilty, is the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to face trial in the U.S. since the 2001 attacks.

Two of the Norfolk four pled guilty, and two were convicted at trial.

She pled for help, according to local news sources, and said the judge was beating her even as the call was underway.