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appel

[ uh-pel, a-pel; French a-pel ]

noun

, Fencing.
, plural ap·pels [uh, -, pelz, a-, pelz, a, -, pel].
  1. a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
  2. a sharp stroke with the blade used for the purpose of procuring an opening.


Appel

1

/ ˈɑpəl /

noun

  1. AppelKarel19212006MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Karel (ˈkaːrəl). 1921–2006, Dutch abstract expressionist painter


appel

2

/ apɛl; əˈpɛl /

noun

  1. a stamp of the foot, used to warn of one's intent to attack
  2. a sharp blow with the blade made to procure an opening

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Word History and Origins

Origin of appel1

From French; appeal

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Word History and Origins

Origin of appel1

from French: challenge

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Example Sentences

Appel and other computer scientists fear that a hacker could slip malicious code onto a ballot-marking device—changing votes, sowing chaos, and perhaps even altering the outcome of an election.

Appel knows all about the challenges of making the major leagues after turning 30 — it is a rare group that does it, and it’s rarer still for those who make it to stick around.

And now it is appearing in English for the first time, translated with great stamina by Anne Milano Appel.

“The strategy is to shred her credibility,” said Mark Appel, an advocate for abuse victims in the Jewish community.

Jadis il a t Dieu: il s'est appel Osiris, Apollon, est-ce que je sais?

Et tout coup je m'apparais celuiQui s'est, hors de soi-mme, enfuiVers le sauvage appel des forces unanimes.

An opening into the furnace of appel, by which vapours may be let off from any operation by taking out the plug at M.

I've got Appel starting for up there in half an hour in my car to take charge of everything and with orders to spare no expense.

Lunging into the darkness he stumbled over Appel's legs and tumbled headlong out into the narrow aisle.

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