pleaded
PLEE-did/ˈplidɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of plead.
He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge to avoid a longer trial.
The charity pleaded for urgent donations as the flood waters kept rising.
Note
A regular -ed form doing double duty: the simple past (she pleaded with the judge) and the participle after have or be (he has pleaded not guilty; the case was pleaded at length). It is the expected form in British usage, but Scottish usage parts company here. In court, guilty and not guilty follow it as complements that describe the plea, so the idiom is pleaded guilty, never pleaded guiltily.
pleaded is a form of plead
plead, verb: To beg or implore someone earnestly, often with strong emotion. Full entry
- Spelling
- plead → pleaded: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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