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- English Word Playing Definition a. & vb. n. of Play.
- English Word Playmaker Definition A playwright.
- English Word Playmate Definition A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
- English Word Playsome Definition Playful; wanton; sportive.
- English Word Playte Definition See Pleyt.
- English Word Plaything Definition A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
- English Word Playtime Definition Time for play or diversion.
- English Word Playwright Definition A maker or adapter of plays.
- English Word Playwriter Definition A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright.
- English Word Plaza Definition A public square in a city or town.
- English Word Plea Definition That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.
- English Word Plea Definition A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.
- English Word Plea Definition That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.
- English Word Plea Definition An urgent prayer or entreaty.
- English Word Pleach Definition To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
- English Word Pleached Definition of Pleach
- English Word Pleaching Definition of Pleach
- English Word Plead Definition of Plead
- English Word Plead Definition 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.
- English Word Plead Definition 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.
- English Word Plead Definition To contend; to struggle.
- English Word Plead Definition 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.
- English Word Plead Definition 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.
- English Word Plead Definition 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.
- English Word Pleadable Definition Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law.
- English Word Pleaded Definition of Plead
- English Word Pleader Definition One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
- English Word Pleader Definition One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.
- English Word Pleading Definition of Plead
- English Word Pleading Definition The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.