PLEAD

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plead verb A. intranzitiv

(jur.) a pleda;

(fam) to plead with smb. for smb. a interveni / a face un demers pe lângă cineva pentru cineva;

(jur.) to plead guilty a-şi mărturisi/ a-şi recunoaşte vina;

to plead not guilty a nu-şi recunoaşte vina, a nega orice vină.

plead verb B. tranzitiv

1. (jur.) a pleda (o cauză);

(fam.) to plead smb.’s cause with smb. a interveni pe lângă cineva pentru cineva, a pleda cauza cuiva în faţa cuiva.

2. (fam.) a invoca, a pretinde (o scuză); a pretexta;

to plead ignorance a se pretinde ignorant, a invoca ignoranţa drept scuză;

to plead the inexperience of youth a se scuza pentru lipsă de experienţă datorită tinereţii, a motiva lipsa de experienţă prin tinereţe;

to plead fatigue a pretexta că e obosit, a invoca oboseala drept scuză.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“No, don't send me to bed!” pleaded Dora, coming to my side.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"Go on," Henry pleaded, elevating the pot.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

"Give me time, dear," he pleaded.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“Won’t somebody get a knife? Oh, won’t somebody get a knife?” Leach pleaded in the first interval of comparative silence.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Lady Bertram did: she entirely agreed with her son as to the necessity of it, and as to its being considered necessary by his father; she only pleaded against there being any hurry; she only wanted him to wait till Sir Thomas's return, and then Sir Thomas might settle it all himself.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Plead with him, Watson.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I don’t ask that,” pleaded Jekyll, laying his hand upon the other’s arm; “I only ask for justice; I only ask you to help him for my sake, when I am no longer here.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Not now, mama,” she pleaded in a low tone.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"Can I?" she pleaded.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“Oh, DON'T!” pleaded Dora.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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