PLEAD, PLEADER, PLEADING
ADJECTIVES
► DUMB-DISCOURSIVE speaking without words; pleading silently, or by looks → 1726
NOUNS – PERSON
► ORATRESS a female pleader, petitioner, or plaintiff → 1586 obs.
► ORATRICE a female pleader, plaintiff, petitioner, or offerer of prayers → 1432 obs.
VERBS
► ORATE to pray; to plead → c1600 obs.
► PRIG to beg, to entreat; to plead with → 1700 Sc.
► SAY CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle → 1859 US sl.