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pleaing

pleaing is the present participle and gerund of plea.

Meaning of plea

Verb

plea (third-person singular simple present pleas, present participle pleaing, simple past and past participle pleaed)

  1. (England, Scotland, regional) To plead; to argue.
    • With my riches, my unhappiness was increased tenfold; and here, with another great acquisition of property, for which I had pleaed, and which I had gained in a dream, my miseries and difficulties were increasing.1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

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Questions about pleaing

What is pleaing the present participle and gerund of?
Pleaing is the present participle and gerund of plea.

Words near pleaing in the dictionary

  1. pleads the belly
  2. pleads the blood of Jesus
  3. pleads the fifth
  4. pleads up
  5. pleaed
  6. pleaing
  7. pleamorphism
  8. Plean
  9. pleas
  10. pleas in abatement
  11. pleas of the crown

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