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To plead again.

A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again. Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo. Blackstone.

The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow.

Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.

To lead upward. [Obs.]

Exceptional. [R.] It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal. I. Taylor.

ce, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth.

The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.

One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]

A Christian sect without a leader.

Without a leader or chief.

A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

nion or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.

One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.

The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. [Archaic] The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us. Jer. Taylor.

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power." Hallam

A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.

A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.