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Appeal or request earnestly

Example: "I pleaded with him to stop"

• appeal  10
• invoke  13

• beg  6
• implore  11
• pray  9
• adjure  14
• • beseech  14
  • bid  6
  • conjure  16
  • entreat  7
  • press  7
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Offer as an excuse or plea

Example: "She was pleading insanity"

Enter a plea, as in courts of law

Example: "She pleaded not guilty"

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

• allege  7
• aver  7
• say  6

• demur  8