Demure vs Plead - What's the difference?
demure | plead |
Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.
* W. Black
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Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
* L'Estrange
* Miss Mitford
(obsolete) To look demurely.
To present an argument, especially in a legal case.
* Bible, Job xvi. 21
To beg, beseech, or implore.
As verbs the difference between demure and plead
is that demure is (obsolete) to look demurely while plead is to present an argument, especially in a legal case.As an adjective demure
is quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.demure
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is a demure young lady.
- Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.
- A cat lay, and looked so demure , as if there had been neither life nor soul in her.
- Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.
Derived terms
* demurenessVerb
(demur)- Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes... shall acquire no Honour Demuring upon me.'' – Shakespeare (1623) ''Antony & Cleopatra Act 4, Sc 16, Ln 30
plead
English
Verb
- O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!