Beg vs. Plead

To ask (someone) for something in an urgent or humble manner

To appeal earnestly; beg

To ask for (something) in an urgent or humble manner

To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly

To ask for (food or money, for instance) as a beggar.

To provide an argument or appeal

To ask (permission) to do something

(Law) To respond to a criminal charge

To evade; dodge

To assert as defense, vindication, or excuse; claim as a plea

To take for granted without proof

To specify (a cause of action or defense)

To ask for something, especially money or food from strangers, in an urgent or humble manner.

To set forth in a pleading

To live as a beggar.

To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.

To make an urgent or humble plea

(intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally.

(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

(transitive) To offer by way of excuse.

(transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.

(transitive) To discuss by arguments.

(transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.

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.

(transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.

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.

In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).

To contend; to struggle.

To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

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.

The act of begging; an imploring request.

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.

A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.

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.

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

Appeal or request earnestly;

To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.

Offer as an excuse or plea;

To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.

Enter a plea, as in courts of law;

To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.

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

To take for granted; to assume without proof.

To ask to be appointed guardiln for, or to aso to havo a guardian appointed for.

To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.

Call upon in supplication; entreat;

Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;

Ask to obtain free;