v. Obs.–0 [perh. for *forplead, f. FOR- pref.1 (sense as in forswear) + PLEAD.] ? trans. To overreach in pleading. Hence Forepleading vbl. sb., unfair argument.
1624. Bedell, Lett., iii. 54. What shall we say when the Fathers write professedly to instruct Catholick Men, of the forepleadings and aduantages to bee vsed against Hereticks, even without descending to tryal by Scriptures?
