plead

[1]	plead for , request , appeal (for) , cry (for) , ask (for) , seek , beg (for) , pray (for) , supplicate (for)
[2]	plead with , request (of) , entreat , appeal to , petition , ask , apply to , implore , beseech , beg , importune , solicit , demand
[3]	assert , say , aver , allege , argue , maintain , offer , put forward , declare , affirm , avow , swear