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Bleed,bled; plead, pled?

What is the rule on the past tense of the verb "to plead"? Am I slipping into senility, or didn't usage not so long ago have its past tense as "pled". Instead, all one hears in latter years is "He pleaded guilty." Somehow, "he pled guilty" seems the proper form.
  

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re plead - pled / pleaded in the on-line dics I looked at they are both possible, tho is seems the pled option is more US than UK. the past for bleed is always bled,

— Suzi

  • re plead - pled / pleaded in the on-line dics I looked at they are both possible, tho is seems the pled option is more US than UK.
  • the past for bleed is always bled,
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re plead - pled / pleaded
in the on-line dics I looked at they are both possible, tho is seems the pled option is more US than UK.

the past for bleed is always bled,
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