pleaded

'pleaded'

[plead.v.01] as in: appeal or request earnestly

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Examples:
I pleaded with him to stop

'pleaded'

[plead.v.02] as in: offer as an excuse or plea

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Examples:
She was pleading insanity

'pleaded'

[plead.v.03] as in: enter a plea, as in courts of law

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Examples:
She pleaded not guilty

'pleaded'

[plead.v.04] as in: 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