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ap⋅peal
[uh-peel] 
–noun
| 1. | an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea. |
| 2. | a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment, etc. |
| 3. | Law.
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| 4. | the power or ability to attract, interest, amuse, or stimulate the mind or emotions: The game has lost its appeal. |
| 5. | Obsolete. a summons or challenge. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to ask for aid, support, mercy, sympathy, or the like; make an earnest entreaty: The college appealed to its alumni for funds. |
| 7. | Law. to apply for review of a case or particular issue to a higher tribunal. |
| 8. | to have need of or ask for proof, a decision, corroboration, etc. |
| 9. | to be especially attractive, pleasing, interesting, or enjoyable: The red hat appeals to me. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom| 10. | Law.
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| 11. | appeal to the country, British. country (def. 16). |
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME a(p)pelen < AF, OF a(p)peler < L appellāre to speak to, address, equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + -pellāre, iterative s. of pellere to push, beat against; (n.) ME ap(p)el < AF, OF apel, n. deriv. of ap(p)eler
1250–1300; (v.) ME a(p)pelen < AF, OF a(p)peler < L appellāre to speak to, address, equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + -pellāre, iterative s. of pellere to push, beat against; (n.) ME ap(p)el < AF, OF apel, n. deriv. of ap(p)eler
Related forms:
ap⋅peal⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
ap⋅peal⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ap⋅peal⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. prayer, supplication, invocation. 2. suit, solicitation. 4. attraction. 6. request, ask. Appeal, entreat, petition, supplicate mean to ask for something wished for or needed. Appeal and petition may concern groups and formal or public requests. Entreat and supplicate are usually more personal and urgent. To appeal is to ask earnestly for help or support, on grounds of reason, justice, common humanity, etc.: to appeal for contributions to a cause. To petition is to ask by written request, by prayer, or the like, that something be granted: to petition for more playgrounds. Entreat suggests pleading: The captured knight entreated the king not to punish him. To supplicate is to beg humbly, usually from a superior, powerful, or stern (official) person: to supplicate that the lives of prisoners be spared.
1. prayer, supplication, invocation. 2. suit, solicitation. 4. attraction. 6. request, ask. Appeal, entreat, petition, supplicate mean to ask for something wished for or needed. Appeal and petition may concern groups and formal or public requests. Entreat and supplicate are usually more personal and urgent. To appeal is to ask earnestly for help or support, on grounds of reason, justice, common humanity, etc.: to appeal for contributions to a cause. To petition is to ask by written request, by prayer, or the like, that something be granted: to petition for more playgrounds. Entreat suggests pleading: The captured knight entreated the king not to punish him. To supplicate is to beg humbly, usually from a superior, powerful, or stern (official) person: to supplicate that the lives of prisoners be spared.
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Link To appeals
| ap·peal (ə-pēl') n.
v. intr.
To transfer or apply to transfer (a case) to a higher court for rehearing. [Middle English apel, from Old French, from apeler, to appeal, from Latin appellāre, to entreat; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.] ap·peal'a·bil'i·ty n., ap·peal'a·ble adj., ap·peal'er n. |
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