implead

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English plead

English implead

From in- + plead.

Verb

implead (third-person singular simple present impleads, present participle impleading, simple past and past participle impleaded or impled)

(law) to sue in court, raise an action against a defendant

Derived terms

Anagrams

alpidem, impaled, midleap