plead

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• present: /pliːd/
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• past: /plɛd/
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From Middle English pleden, plaiden, from Old French plaider (“to plead, offer a plea”), from plait, from Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.", in Classical Latin, "an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of placeō (“to please”). Cognate with Spanish pleitear (“to litigate, take to court”).

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: միջնորդել (miǰnordel) — to present an argument
• Armenian: հայտարարություն անել (haytararutʻyun anel) — to present an argument
• Armenian: պաշտպանել (paštpanel) — to present an argument
• Bulgarian: пледирам (plediram) — to present an argument
• Chinese Mandarin: 辩护 (biànhù) — to present an argument
• Czech: přednášet (před soudem) — to present an argument
• Czech: vést obhajobu — to present an argument
• Czech: prohlásit — to present an argument
• Czech: učinit prohlášení — to present an argument
• Dutch: pleiten — to present an argument
• Dutch: bepleiten — to present an argument
• Esperanto: pledi — to present an argument
• Finnish: vedota — to present an argument
• Finnish: esittää — to present an argument
• Finnish: myöntää syyllisyytensä — to present an argument
• Finnish: kiistää syyllisyytensä — to present an argument
• French: plaider — to present an argument
• German: plädieren — to present an argument
• German: bekennen — to present an argument
• German: eintreten — to present an argument
• Irish: pléadáil — to present an argument
• Old Irish: du·acair — to present an argument
• Japanese: 嘆願する (tangan suru) — to present an argument
• Old English: ǣrendian — to present an argument
• Portuguese: pleitear — to present an argument
• Romanian: pleda — to present an argument
• Russian: защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) — to present an argument
• Russian: представля́ть интере́сы (predstavljátʹ interésy) — to present an argument
• Russian: выступа́ть с заявле́нием — to present an argument
• Scottish Gaelic: tagair — to present an argument
• Slovene: pledirati — to present an argument
• Slovene: zagovarjati se — to present an argument
• Spanish: pleitear — to present an argument
• Spanish: declararse — to present an argument
• Turkish: açıklamak — to present an argument
• Turkish: ileri sürmek — to present an argument
• Vietnamese: bào chữa — to present an argument
• Vietnamese: biện hộ — to present an argument
• Vietnamese: cãi — to present an argument
• Bulgarian: моля (molja) — to beg
• Bulgarian: умолявам (umoljavam) — to beg
• Cherokee: ᎦᏂᎳᏗᎠ (ganiladia) — to beg
• Chinese Mandarin: 央求 (yāngqiú) — to beg
• Czech: plédovat — to beg
• Czech: žádat — to beg
• Czech: prosit — to beg
• Czech: naléhat — to beg
• Finnish: vedota — to beg
• Finnish: anella — to beg
• Finnish: anoa — to beg
• Finnish: rukoilla — to beg
• German: (dringend) bitten — to beg
• German: anflehen — to beg
• German: beschwören — to beg
• Ancient Greek: ἰκετεύω (iketeúō) — to beg
• Irish: tagair — to beg
• Māori: unene — to beg
• Māori: whakakuene — to beg
• Old Saxon: ābiddian — to beg
• Polish: błagać — to beg
• Portuguese: implorar — to beg
• Portuguese: suplicar — to beg
• Romanian: implora — to beg
• Spanish: rogar — to beg
• Spanish: suplicar — to beg
• Tagalog: makiusap — to beg
• Turkish: yalvarmak — to beg
• Vietnamese: cầu xin — to beg
• Vietnamese: nài xin — to beg
• Finnish: väittää — to offer by way of excuse
• Finnish: selittää — to offer by way of excuse
• Ancient Greek: προφασίζομαι (prophasízomai) — to offer by way of excuse
• Portuguese: alegar — to offer by way of excuse