(transitive, intransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. / (intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore. / (transitive) To offer by way of excuse.

plural of celeste

(complex analysis, analytic geometry) A 1-dimensional affine subspace of a vector space over the complex numbers.

Any of a group of dinoflagellates of the zooxanthellae, represented by genus Symbiodinium and its allies, symbionts involved in coral.