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implead, v.|ɪmˈpliːd|
Forms: α. 4 en-, 4–5 emplede, 5–6 emplete, 6–9 emplead. β. 5–6 implede, -plete, 6 ymplead, 7 impleade, 6– implead.
[ad. AF. en-, empleder = OF. empleidier, -pledier, -plaidier, etc., f. em- (em-, im-1) + plaidier (F. plaider) to plead.]
1. a. trans. To sue (a person, etc.) in a court of justice, raise an action against.
α [1292Britton i. xii. §6 Et voloms, qe touz prisouns soint a touz responables a ceux qi les enplederount taunt cum eux serount en prisoun.] 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 481 Kyng Stephene was..i-swore..þat he wolde enplede no man for his owne wordes. 1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 84 No brother ne sister of yis gylde ne enplede oþer in no place, for no dette ne trespas. a1400Ibid. 361 Ȝef a foreyne empledy þe teþynge. c1500in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 33 That none of y⊇ fraunches of the forsayd cite be empleted at our eschequer [etc.]. 1559in Strype Ann. Ref. I. App. viii. 21 The kings..tenants in chief shall not be empleadid in the ecclesiasticall court.
β1458in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) I. xxii. 322 Wherfore I charge Robt. my sone..that he never vexe, implede, ne greve the forsaid Sir John. 1464J. Paston in P. Lett. No. 492 II. 163 Persones abill to plede and to be impletid. 1523Fitzherb. Surv. 13 These manner of tenauntes shall nat plede nor be impleded of their tenementes by the kynges writte. 1611Bible Acts xix. 38 If Demetrius and the craftesmen..haue a matter against any man, the law is open, let them implead [R. V. accuse] one another. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. xviii. 475 After a corporation is so formed and named, it acquires many powers..As..To sue or be sued, implead or be impleaded. 1879Farrar St. Paul xxxii. II. 57 Brethren who..might be impleading one another at law before the tribunal of a heathen Prætor. 1957Listener 19 Dec. 1020/1 Can one implead the State concerned? Ibid., At present you cannot implead a State in United Kingdom Courts except under the Warsaw Convention. 1964Welsh Hist. Rev. II. 47 It was further stipulated that a similar arrangement would be adopted if Owain or Llywelyn or their heirs wished to implead any of the King's subjects. 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 1 Aug. 1/7 The plaintiff sued the appellant for damages for fraudulent acts under the contract. The appellant impleaded the plaintiff's president on his guarantee.
†b. To plead or prosecute (a suit). Obs. rare.
1554Act 1 & 2 Phil. & Mary c. 8 §35 The Title of all Lands..is..in your Courts only to be impleaded, ordered, tried and judged.
†2. To arraign, accuse, impeach. Const. of. Obs.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. iv. §10 To implead the truth of this history, Cardinal Baronius allegeth that Socrates, Sozomen and Eudæmon were all Novatianists. a1658Cleveland Gen. Poems (1677) 143, I implead your Highness,..as Accessary to my Guilt. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 72 They were accused and impleaded by subtil and insinuating Orators before the Tribunals of their Enemies. 1814Mrs. J. West Alicia de Lacy IV. 174 The life and fame of an innocent woman were impleaded. 1846Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. II. 193, I can easily pardon a smile if thou empleadest me of curiosity.
3. In various nonce-uses belonging or related to plead v.
†a. To allege as a plea.
†b. To entreat.
c. To plead with.
d. To plead for.
1658T. Wall God's Rev. agst. Enemies Ch. 20 Saul had never impleaded the intent of sacrifice..had it not yeilded him some hope to wipe off the guilt of his disobedience. 1682New News from Bedlam 13 Now he rakes Hell and the Devil..And them impleads for to inspire his Muse. 1839Bailey Festus v. (1852) 60 Let monarchs..remember they are set on thrones As representatives..to implead with God and man. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circ. i. (1874) 137 How mayst thou be counselled to implead With God thine own misdeed, And not another's!
Hence imˈpleaded ppl. a., imˈpleading vbl. n.
1742Francis Horace, Odes ii. i, O Pollio, thou the great defence Of sad, impleaded innocence. 1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. xxxiii, Twelve others..who were to declare upon oath with whom the impleaded property lay. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xx. 497 Redress for the impleading of a member during the session. |