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If you p____ a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind.Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse.It was no defence to plead that they were only obeying orders. verbIf you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it.The woman pleaded with her daughter to come back home.He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy.'Do not say that,' she pleaded.I pleaded to be allowed to go.When someone charged with a crime pleads guilty or not guilty in a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime.Morris had pleaded guilty to robbery.If you plead the case or cause of someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence .He appeared before the Committee to plead his case.He pled the cause of the afflicted and the needy.If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind.Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse.It was no defence to plead that they were only obeying orders. C1

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query	If you p____ a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse. Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind. Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse. It was no defence to plead that they were only obeying orders.
word	plead
full-definition	verb If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it. The woman pleaded with her daughter to come back home. He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy. 'Do not say that,' she pleaded. I pleaded to be allowed to go. When someone charged with a crime pleads guilty or not guilty in a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime. Morris had pleaded guilty to robbery. If you plead the case or cause of someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence . He appeared before the Committee to plead his case. He pled the cause of the afflicted and the needy. If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse. Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind. Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse. It was no defence to plead that they were only obeying orders.
inflections	pleadspleadingpleaded
cefr-level	C1

Plead Excuse Guilty Mr Pleading Pleaded Thing Reason