Crossword-Solution: PLEAD 5 letters, 142 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word	Word Type	Definition
Plead	-	of Plead
Plead	v. t.	To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt 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.
Plead	v. t.	To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.
Plead	v. t.	To contend; to struggle.
Plead	v. t.	To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
Plead	v. t.	To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.
Plead	v. t.	To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
PLEAD	anagram	PADEL, PADLE, PALED, PEDAL, PLAED

We have 142 clues for the answer “PLEAD”

Clue	Answers
"How do you ___?" (court query)	1 answer
"How do you ___?" (judge's question)	1 answer
"I ___ the Fifth"	1 answer
Act the advocate	1 answer
Allege in defense	1 answer
Answer a court charge	1 answer
Appeal humbly (to)	1 answer
Appeal or request earnestly	1 answer
Argue a case	1 answer
Argue in a courtroom	1 answer
Argue in court	1 answer
Argue one's case	1 answer
Argue, as a case	1 answer
Argue, as a court case	1 answer
Ask on one's knees	1 answer
Assert, as insanity	1 answer
Beg and beg	1 answer
Beg and then some	1 answer
Beg for mercy	1 answer
Beg, as for mercy	1 answer
Claim, as insanity	1 answer
Court option	1 answer
Get on one's knees, maybe	1 answer
Give one's case	1 answer
Make a court move	1 answer
Make a court statement	1 answer
Make an emotional appeal	1 answer
Make earnest appeal.	1 answer
Make, as a case	1 answer
Offer as an excuse	1 answer
Present a case	1 answer
Profess one's innocence, perhaps	1 answer
Respond to a charge	1 answer
Respond, as to a charge	1 answer
Reuqest urgently	1 answer
Say "Not guilty"	1 answer
Say "Not guilty," e.g.	1 answer
Say "Not guilty," say	1 answer
Say "guilty" or "not guilty," say	1 answer
Say "no contest," say	1 answer
Say "nolo," say	1 answer
Say "not guilty," maybe	1 answer
Say "not guilty," perhaps	1 answer
Seek mercy	1 answer
Seek mercy, say	1 answer
Speak on bended knee	1 answer
State "Not guilty!"	1 answer
State "Not guilty," e.g.	1 answer
State ones's case	1 answer
Try to persuade (with)	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

ETARE

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Unscramble PLEAD 5-letter words that start with P 5-letter words that end in D 5-letter words containing LE 5-letter words containing AD 5-letter words with P and L

Sentences with PLEAD (5)

Accept me, and in mee from these receave The smell of peace toward Mankinde, let him live Before thee reconcil’d, at least his days Numberd, though sad, till Death, his doom (which I To mitigate thus plead, not to reverse) To better life shall yeeld him, where with mee All my redeemd may dwell in joy and bliss, Made one with me as I with thee am one.

Paradise Lost John Milton 1991

Speak, girl, with head bent low and downcast eyes, Does thou plead guilty or deny the deed? ANTIGONE.

The Oedipus Trilogy Sophocles 2000

Her mother, while Pearl was yet an infant, grew acquainted with a certain peculiar look, that warned her when it would be labour thrown away to insist, persuade or plead.

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1992

When their discontent broke through the wall of discrimination, then there would be no need to plead for Justice.

The Black Experience in America Norman Coombs 2008

She knew that murder lay in that savage heart, and with a little cry of horror she sprang forward to plead with the ape-man.

Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993

Quotes with PLEAD (3)

Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.

Alice Walker

We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for any purpose - even for transforming murderers into judges.

Albert Camus The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Evil demons dwelling in underworlds, Gods sitting on-high, angels battling and protecting. We have become so wrapped up in these stories, and in the in-fighting between the different religions, that the reality of the matter has gone unseen and unresolved. We — humanity — must move out of this adolescence, put down the fairy tales, and take responsibility for our actions. There is no devil to blame, and there is no God to plead to. There is simply you and the choices you make…

L.M. Browning

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, S&S, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 169 times in crossword archives (1949–2025).