From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Appeal \Ap*peal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appealed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Appealing}.] [OE. appelen, apelen, to appeal, accuse, OF.
appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke,
summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad +
pellere to drive. See {Pulse}, and cf. {Peal}.]
1. (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.
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2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
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Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a.
That appeals; imploring. -- {Ap*peal"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Ap*peal"ing*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appealing
adj 1: able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He
added an appealing and memorable figure to popular
American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing
sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to
retire at fifty is very appealing" [ant: {unappealing}]
2: (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or
sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the
play" [syn: {sympathetic}, {appealing}, {likeable},
{likable}] [ant: {unappealing}, {unlikable}, {unlikeable},
{unsympathetic}]
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