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Plead

of Plead

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Manner of action 10

Adjure 76% connected

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to en…

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Beg 76% connected

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

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Beseech 76% connected

To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.

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Bid 76% connected

of Bid

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Conjure 76% connected

To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

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Demur 76% connected

To linger; to stay; to tarry.

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Entreat 76% connected

To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

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Implore 76% connected

To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly b…

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Pray 76% connected

See Pry.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Broader term 9

Allege 76% connected

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

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Apologize 76% connected

To make an apology or defense.

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Appeal 76% connected

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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Aver 76% connected

A work horse, or working ox.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Excuse 76% connected

To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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Invoke 76% connected

To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

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Rationalize 76% connected

To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Derivationally related 4

Pleader 74% connected

One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pleader 74% connected

One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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