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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To sue in court in response to an earlier pleading.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To sue or prosecute by judicial proceedings: as, the corporation shall have power to plead and be impleaded.
  2. To impeach; accuse.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To sue in court, to raise an action against a defendant.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
  2. v. To sue at law.

Etymologies

  1. Middle English empleden, from Anglo-Norman empleder, variant of Old French emplaider : en-, intensive pref. (from Latin in-; see in-2) + plaidier, to plead; see plead.

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