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ttempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father. O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor! Job xvi. 21.

Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law. Dryden.

One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.

The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.

In a pleading manner.

The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point. Blackstone.

To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.

To accuse; to indict. See Implead.

Same as Interplead.

To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.

Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. [R.] T. Adams.

One who prosecutes or sues another.

To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader. [Written also enterplead.]

One who interpleads.

To err in pleading.

An error in pleading.

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.

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

To lead upward. [Obs.]