plead -- (appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop")
plead -- (offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity")
plead -- (enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty")
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)