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    plead
    /pliːd/

    verb

    • 1. make an emotional appeal: "she pleaded with them not to gag the boy" Similar begentreatbeseechimplore
    • 2. present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context: "the idea that in public relations work someone is paid to plead a special case is disliked" Similar claimuse as an excuseassertallege

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