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957 words match “PLEA”

IMPLEADER n.
One who prosecutes or sues another.
IMPLEASING a.
Unpleasing; displeasing. [Obs.] Overbury.
INEXPLEABLY adv.
Insatiably. [Obs.] Sandys.
INTERPLEAD v.
To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader. [Written also enterplead.]
INTERPLEADER n. 2 definitions
One who interpleads.
MEN-PLEASER n.
One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. Eph. vi. 6.
MISPLEAD v.
To err in pleading.
MISPLEADING n.
An error in pleading.
OVERPLEASE v.
To please excessively.
REPLEAD v.
To plead again.
REPLEADER n.
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.
SUPERPLEASE v.
To please exceedingly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
TIMEPLEASER n.
One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver. Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak.
UNPLEADED a. 2 definitions
Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.
UNPLEASANT a.
Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un*pleas"ant*ly, adv. -- Un*pleas"ant*ness, n.
UNPLEASANTRY n. 2 definitions
Want of pleasantry. [R.]
UNPLEASIVE a.
Unpleasant. [Obs.] "An unpleasive passion." Bp. Hall.
UNPLEAT v.
To remove the plaits of; to smooth. W. Browne.
UPLEAD v.
To lead upward. [Obs.]
UPLEAN v.
To lean or incline upon anything. [Obs.] Spenser.
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