| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.[Websters]
2. To sue at law.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: impleading, impleaded, impleads, impleader, impleaders, impleadingly and impleadedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "IMPLEAD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references) |
| Note: Implead \Im*plead"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Impleaded; Impleading.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: IMPLEAD
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To institute and prosecute a suit against one in court; to sue at law. The corporation shall have power to plead and be impleaded. Let them implead one another. Acts.19. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: IMPLEAD
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To implead | Law | TO IMPLEAD, practice. To sue or prosecute by due course of law. 9 Watts, 47. (references) | |
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