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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

... with that responsibility, sir. I am simply appealing to your generosity. By the way, I understand—I have learned this afternoon, that there exists what may be termed a feud between the boys of Chestnut Hill and those of Chestnut Valley. Have I been ...

— The Flag • Homer Greene

... faculties to wring a sense out of it; and if he was unable to make out the meaning of the words, he at least satisfied himself, both from the intonation of the voices and expression of the faces, that no immediate injury was designed. To the appealing looks which Arundel from time to time directed to him, the ...

— The Knight of the Golden Melice - A Historical Romance • John Turvill Adams

... at all pleased when the lieutenant stepped forward to take his place in the cutter, giving him an envious look when he took his seat in the sternsheets prior to her being lowered down. I, too, cast an appealing glance at Mr Jellaby; and this, fortunately for me, ...

— Crown and Anchor - Under the Pen'ant • John Conroy Hutcheson

... not blue-eyed and appealing. She was large, she was self-assured, and she took possession of the room in an expansive all-pervading sort of way that made Mary feel very small and insignificant. The room itself that heretofore had been so spacious suddenly seemed ...

— The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware • Annie Fellows Johnston

... be "comparatively easy to destroy the Mahdi" if 200 British troops were sent to Wady Halfa, and if the Souakim-Berber route were opened up by Indian-Moslem troops. Failing the adoption of these measures, he asked leave to raise a sum, by appealing to philanthropists, sufficient to pay a small Turkish force and carry on a contest for supremacy with the Mahdi on his own behoof. All these suggestions were more or less supported by Sir Evelyn Baring, who at ...

— The Life of Gordon, Volume II • Demetrius Charles Boulger

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