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Appealing   /əpˈilɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Appeal  v. t.  (past & past part. appealed; pres. part. appealing)  
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.
2.
To summon; to challenge. (Archaic) "Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists."
3.
To invoke. (Obs.)


Appeal  v. t.  
1.
(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."
2.
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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"Appealing" Quotes from Famous Books



... blood under his pomatumed, powdered, and curled head, more under his right arm, which was slightly extended, with the open hand thrown palm upwards, as if appealing to heaven. ...
— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
... upon to solve many problems, and in working out these, there is shown the beauty and strength of soul of one of fiction's most appealing characters. ...
— The House of Torchy • Sewell Ford
... low, appealing voice.] Give me your word you have been loyal to me, down to your very thought, ...
— The Gay Lord Quex - A Comedy in Four Acts • Arthur W. Pinero
... and I'll go with you to any squire you choose to mention. If I tap yours, you'll perhaps let on that I'm the better man, and allow me to go about my lawful business at my own time and convenience, by God!—Is that fair, my lads?" says I, appealing to the company. ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... to rejoin his travelling companions, who were some hours in advance of him, when, on reaching Dover he was arrested in his turn and brought hack to prison in London. Interrogated the same day, M. de Trappes frankly related what had passed, appealing to M. de Chateauneuf as to the ...
— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere


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