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Verb plead has 4 senses

plead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
--₁ is one way to appeal, invoke
Sample sentence:
They plead to move
plead - offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
--₂ is one way to apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
plead - enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
--₃ is one way to declare

Derived form: noun pleading₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s Adjective
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
--₄ is one way to allege, aver, say

Derived forms: noun pleader₁, noun pleading₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE