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    [Noun]  | "plead*ing" | \ ˈplē-diŋ \


    1: advocacy of a cause in a court of law

    2: one of the formal usually written allegations and counter allegations made alternately by the parties in a legal action or proceeding

    3: the action or process performed by the parties in presenting such formal allegations until a single point at issue is produced

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English plaiding, pledynge "arguing, contention, legal dispute," from plaiden, pleden "to contend legally, argue in court, {see: |plead|plead}" + -ing, -ynge {see: |-ing:1|-ing:1};

    [Noun]  | "special pleading" 


    1: the allegation of special or new matter to offset the effect of matter pleaded by the opposite side and admitted, as distinguished from a direct denial of the matter pleaded

    2: misleading argument that presents one point or phase as if it covered the entire question at issue

    Origin: 1684 ;

    [Verb]  | "plead" | \ ˈplēd \


    1: to argue a case or cause in a court of law

    2: to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding; especially : to answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

    3: to conduct pleadings

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English plaiden, pleden "to contend legally, argue in court, bring suit, answer a charge," borrowed from Anglo-French plaider, pleider, pleder "to maintain (a plea), bring an action against" (also continental Old French), verbal derivative of plaid, plé "action at law, {see: |plea|plea}.";

      * Note : Middle English also had with the same senses pleten, from Anglo-French pleiter, pleter, formed from the variant noun pleit with final (presumably evident when a vowel-initial word followed in Old French), which continued into early Modern English as plete, pleat.;

    [Idiomatic phrase]  | "plead the Fifth" 


    1: to refuse to testify against oneself in a court of law in accordance with the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution : take the Fifth —often used figuratively

    Origin: 1951 ;

    [Adjective]  | "pleading" 


    1: asking humbly;


      * e.g., " ... a pleading husband seeking forgiveness once again from his long-suffering wife "



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    [Noun]  | "pleading" 


    1: an earnest request;


      * e.g., " ... coldhearted tourists pointedly ignoring the pleadings of the city's many street urchins "



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    [Verb]  | "pleading" 


    1: to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration;


      * e.g., " ... can I plead temporary insanity for having made that foolish decision? "



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    [Verb]  | "plead" 


    1: to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration;


      * e.g., " ... can I plead temporary insanity for having made that foolish decision? "



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    [Verb]  | "plead (for)" 


    1: to make a request for;


      * e.g., " ... the children pleaded for a kitten for Christmas "



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    [Verb]  | "plead (to)" 


    1: to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner;


      * e.g., " ... weary of charities that are always pleading to people of modest means to contribute even more than they already have "



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    [Verb]  | "pleaded" 


    1: to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration;


      * e.g., " ... can I plead temporary insanity for having made that foolish decision? "



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     [ "Plead" ]

    1: to be incredibly stupid and ignorant

      * e.g.,  ... what a stupid plead 

     [ "Plead The Fifth" ]

    1: verb, to plead the fifth In a United States court case, to cite one's own Constitutional right in the Fifth Amendment to "remain silent" as a defendant, or to not be forced to testify against one's self. This is why a lawyer cannot simply force a defendant into a confession while under oath. you will look very suspicious when saying it tho

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you kill Jimmy?" 

     [ "Plead a Mindy" ]

    1: To start a story and to promise to finsih it at some later ill defined point in time.

      * e.g.,  ... There was this huge commotion going on downtown, but I don't have time for that right now so I'll just plead a Mindy for l8r. 

     [ "Plead the 21st" ]

    1: When in a losing argument an observer tells you to give up your argument and drink a beer. (the 21st amendment repealed prohibition)

      * e.g.,  ... Zach, I'm married to a teacher, and can tell you that you are fighting a losing battle right now. Just plead the 21st and move along. 

     [ "plead the fifth" ]

    1: v. To decline to give self-incriminating information. Refers to the fifth amendment of the US Constitution, which states that no citizen "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself..."

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: Bob, did you ever do drugs in high school? 

     [ "plead the 6th" ]

    1: This is a concept I invented similar to pleading the 5th in a court of law where, if you find yourself in a situation, inebriated, whether high, drunk or otherwise and completely at a loss for what your expected to say or do next You can declare: "I plead the 6th" and you are magically off the hook, as this simultaneously informs others that you have blanked out and have no idea what you were just talking about 2 seconds ago, while also relieving you of any responsibility for whatever word or deed would have come next if you had not forgotten in the first place. So, similar to how the witness in court gets to avoid answering a question by pleading the 5th, the stoned/ drunk/twacked out goofball who forgets what they are talking about midsentence during an important conversation or epic explanation is freed of the weight carried by that awkward moment that exists in the seconds that follow the total forgetting of some vital fact.

      * e.g.,  ... ".... so that is why I absolutely MUST...... must, uh.... we must... uhhh...." "I plead the 6th". " And by the way.... what the hell was I just talking about?" 

     [ "plead the 5th" ]

    1: A refusal to answer a question because the response could hold self incriminating evidence.

      * e.g.,  ... Cop: We know you have drugs in this house. Where are they?! 

     [ "Special Pleading" ]

    1: Name of the mental mechanism that allows people to make exceptions to an otherwise self-accepted statement without being hounded by guilt.

      * e.g.,  ... Special Pleading in action: 

     [ "plead the second" ]

    1: Similar to plead the fifth (remain silent), except this refers to the Second Amendment (right to bear arms). In layman's terms, it means to whip out a gat.

      * e.g.,  ... When my P.O. was sweatin' me about why my whiz test turned up positive for coke, heroin, and 7 varieties of elephant tranquilizer, I had no choice but to plead the second and put his narc ass in his place. 

     [ "plead out" ]

    1: To plead guilty in the hope of getting a reduced sentence or some other consideration.

      * e.g.,  ... 'Scunge was caught with his hand in the till, but he chose to plead out while implicating others and got off with a suspended sentence.' 

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