From the same page - i understand laker fans (and la sports fans in general) have a rather short attention span, but who knew it didn't even extend to an entire web page.
plead Audio Help /plid/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pleed] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, plead?ed or pled; plead?ing.
?verb (used without object) 1. to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
2. to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.
3. to afford an argument or appeal: His youth pleads for him.
4. Law. a. to make any allegation or plea in an action at law.
b. to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge.
c. to address a court as an advocate.
d. Obsolete. to prosecute a suit or action at law.
?verb (used with object) 5. to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse: to plead ignorance.
6. Law. a. to maintain (a cause) by argument before a court.
b. to allege or set forth (something) formally in an action at law.
c. to allege or cite in legal defense: to plead a statute of limitations.
From the Merriam-Webster, a "real" dictionary:
The past tense is pleaded, pled, or plead (this last pronounced PLED), and the past participle, pleaded, pled, or plead (PLED). Pleaded, the regular weak verb form, is more frequent for both parts of speech,
and the pled and plead past and past participle forms are labeled Colloquial by some dictionaries, Standard by others.Seeing as "pled" did not appear in regular usage or speech until the latter half of the last century and is still unacceptable when spelled thus in British courts, the US Supreme court, as well as many others, I think I will stick with tradition. When "diss" becomes a word in regular usage, you know we are in trouble.
