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/əpˈilɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Appeal v. t. (past & past part. appealed; pres. part. appealing)

(Law)

(a)

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.

(b)

To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.

To summon; to challenge. (Archaic) "Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists."

To invoke. (Obs.)

Appeal v. t.

(Law) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision. "I appeal unto Caesar."

To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request. "I appeal to the Scriptures in the original." "They appealed to the sword."

adjective

Appealing adj. That appeals; imploring.

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Etymology of 'Appealing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Appealing" Quotes from Famous Books

... emphasis, and bringing out the essentials. 3. Structure, including Unity, Proportion, Movement. 4. Traits of style; e.g., use of antithesis and figures of speech; sentence length and balance. 5. How far does his lack of Idealism injure his work? Has he the power of appealing to the grand romantic imagination? 6. His power in description. 7. Power as a historian. Compare him ...

— A History of English Literature • Robert Huntington Fletcher

... 'up' or did I say 'down'?" moaned the half-demented Zoie, while long whistles and short whistles, appealing whistles and impatient whistles followed each other in ...

— Baby Mine • Margaret Mayo

... There was the case of Tom, Dick, and Harry. No one would ever have supposed in seeing them, so alert and with the quickness and grace of a cat in their movements, that in their feeble mangy infancy they had only been saved from drowning by their excellent family connections, and their appealing charm of responsiveness. A responsiveness that in maturity made them favorites with every one who knew them, and prompted the tactful ways that convinced each admirer that his approval was the last seal to their satisfaction in the ...

— Baldy of Nome • Esther Birdsall Darling

... Alexia, stepping forward hastily—"Hasn't she, girls?" appealing to them. "She must have; she went out like a shot. Don't, Polly, how can you?" she begged, turning back to twitch Polly's arm, "you've done enough, I ...

— Five Little Peppers Grown Up • Margaret Sidney

... danger, the lateness of the hour, after three p.m., and distance from Fort George, Headquarters more than six miles, I hesitated not assuming the responsibility of liberating all the 49th prisoners, on the specious plea of their offence proceeding from a too free indulgence in drink, appealing to them for proof of their loyalty and courage, which they were assured would be severely tested ere another day dawned. Then, after a rapid but effective arrangement of the several points requiring attention, seeing to the re-supply of fresh ammunition, and infusing all the spirit and animation ...

— Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. - A Drama. And Other Poems. • Sarah Anne Curzon

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