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Webster 1913 Edition

Emplead

Em-plead′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
em-
(L.
in
) +
plead
: cf. F.
emplaidier
. Cf.
Implead
.]
To accuse; to indict. See
Implead
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emplead

EMPLE'AD

,
Verb.
T.
[em and plead.] To charge with a crime; to accuse. but it is now written implead, which see.

Definition 2024

emplead

emplead

English

Verb

emplead ‎(third-person singular simple present empleads, present participle empleading, simple past and past participle empleaded)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To accuse; to indict.

Related terms

Spanish

Verb

emplead

  1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of emplear.

Etymology

en- +‎ plead: compare French emplaidier.

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