Definition of Plead 1. Appeal or request earnestly Verb 2. Offer as an excuse or plea Verb 3. Enter a plea, as in courts of law Verb 4. 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 Verb Morphology of "plead" Semanticaly linked words with "plead" Lexical Analysis for "plead" pleading (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding pleader a lawyer who pleads cases in court etymology counterplead etymology interplead etymology misplead etymology pleadeth etymologically related emplead etymologically related plea etymologically related pleasant etymologically related please etymologically related pleasurable etymologically related pleasure etymological origin of pleden is derived from pleading is derived from pleads