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plead, beg
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plead — [pli:d] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: plaidier, from plaid; PLEA] 1.) [I and T] to ask for something that you want very much, in a sincere and emotional way = ↑beg ▪ Don t go! Robert pleaded. plead for ▪ Civil rights groups pleaded… … Dictionary of contemporary English
plead — [plēd] vi. pleaded or pled or plead [pled] pleading [ME pleden < OFr plaidier < plaid: see PLEA] 1. a) to present a case in a law court; argue the case of either party b) to present a PLEA (sense … English World dictionary
plead — [v1] beg, request appeal, ask, beseech, cop a plea*, crave, crawl, entreat, entreaty, implore, importune, make up for, petition, pray, solicit, square things*, supplicate; concept 48 Ant. answer, reply plead [v2] present a defense adduce,… … New thesaurus
beg — beg, entreat, beseech, implore, supplicate, adjure, importune mean to ask or request urgently. Beg suggests ear nestness or insistence especially in asking a favor {why, boy, before I left, you were constantly begging to see Town Meredith}… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
beg — [v1] request abjure, advocate, apply to, ask, beseech, besiege, call to, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, invoke, nag, obsecrate, obtest, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate … New thesaurus
plead — (v.) mid 13c., make a plea in court, from Anglo Fr. pleder, O.Fr. pleider, plaidier, agreement, discussion, lawsuit, from M.L. placitare, from L.L. placitum (see PLEA (Cf. plea)). Sense of request, beg first recorded late 14c. Related: Pleaded;… … Etymology dictionary
plead — vb pray, sue, petition, appeal (see under PRAYER) Analogous words: entreat, implore, supplicate, beseech, *beg: intercede, mediate, intervene, *interpose Contrasted words: bestow, confer, present, *give: *grant, vouchsafe, accord … New Dictionary of Synonyms
beg — v. request, plead; ask for charity … English contemporary dictionary
plead for mercy — beg for mercy, earnestly ask for compassion … English contemporary dictionary
beg — verb 1) he begged on the streets Syn: panhandle, ask for money, seek charity, seek alms; informal sponge, cadge, scrounge, bum, mooch 2) we begged for mercy Syn: ask for, request, plead for … Thesaurus of popular words
beg — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. implore, beseech; ask alms. See poverty, request. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To ask earnestly or importunately] Syn. entreat, implore, beseech, ask, supplicate, crave, solicit, pray for, urge, plead, sue … English dictionary for students
