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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a.
That appeals; imploring. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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, likeable, likable] [ant: unsympathetic]
3: expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for
money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her
voice" [syn: imploring, importunate, pleading]
WordNet (r) 2.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "appealing":
achingly sweet, adjuratory, agreeable, agreeable-sounding,
alluring, appetizing, ariose, arioso, attracting, attractive,
begging, beguiling, beseeching, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling,
canorous, cantabile, captivating, catching, catchy, charismatic,
charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, delightful, dulcet,
enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing,
entrancing, entreating, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, exciting,
exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, fine-toned, flirtatious,
glamorous, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, heart-robbing,
honeyed, hypnotic, imploring, interesting, intriguing, inviting,
irresistible, lovely, luxurious, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous,
mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, mesmeric, mouth-watering,
music-flowing, music-like, musical, piquant, pleading, pleasant,
pleasant-sounding, precative, precatory, prepossessing,
provocative, provoquant, ravishing, rich, seducing, seductive,
sensuous, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery,
singable, siren, sirenic, songful, songlike, sonorous,
spellbinding, spellful, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding,
taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling,
titillating, titillative, tunable, tuneful, voluptuous, winning,
winsome, witching
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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