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plead: appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"; enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"; offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"; 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

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beseech collapse

pray collapse: address God; say a prayer

apologize collapse: acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"; defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

entreat collapse

supplicate collapse: ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency"; ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing"; make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission"

implore collapse

adjure collapse: command solemnly

exhort collapse

kneel to collapse

call on collapse: have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"

beg collapse: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"; ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"

cry for collapse

clamor for collapse

crave collapse: plead or ask for earnestly; have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

appeal to collapse

importune collapse: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"

own up collapse: admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"

come clean collapse

conjure collapse

plead guilty collapse

invoke collapse: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

speak up for collapse

cop a plea collapse

contend for collapse

speak for collapse: be a spokesperson for; "He represents the Government's position"

bring on collapse: cause to appear; "bring on the birthday cake"

stick up for collapse

own collapse: have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

tell the truth collapse

thrash out collapse: discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement"

stand up for collapse

bandy words collapse

let on collapse

request collapse: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority; the verbal act of requesting; express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"; inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary"

pettifog collapse

espouse collapse: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

concede collapse: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"; admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"; acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"; give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

wheedle collapse: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

insist upon collapse

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