English
emplead
From en- + plead: compare Old French emplaidier (en- + plaidier).
Medieval Latin placeō ‘to please’
Medieval Latin placitum ‘a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.", in…’
Old French plait ‘agreement’
Old French plaider ‘to plead, offer a plea’
Middle English pleden
English plead
Today it means
verb Synonym of implead
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / emplead