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appeal¹
- /əˈpiːl/ UK
- /əˈpiːl/ US
Rhymes with -iːl
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-né-der.
Proto-Italic *pelnōder.
Latin pellō
Latin appellāreder.
Old French apelerdeverb.
Old French apelder.
Middle English apel /appel
English appeal
From Middle English apel, appel (“formal accusation brought in court; a challenge to trial by combat; an appeal to a higher court or authority; plea (for mercy, protection, etc.); pealing (of bells)”) [and other forms], from Old French apel (“a call”) (modern French appel (“a call; an appeal”)), from apeler (“to call; to call out”), from Latin appellāre (“to address as, call by name; to drive, move to; to land or put ashore”), alternative form adpellāre, from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to; towards’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + pellere (“to drive, impel, push; to hurl, propel; to banish, expel; to eject, thrust out”) + -āre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”), from *pel- (“to beat; to drive; to push”). Doublet of appel.
noun appeals · appeale · appeall
- An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
- A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review. I have an appeal against the lower court decision.
- An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason). Anciently an appeal lay for high treaſon. […] But it ſeems to be taken away by the ſt[atute] 1 H[enry] 4. 14. And now, if murder be made treaſon, an appeal does not lie.
- A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation. Ovld Iohn of Gaunt time honoured Lancaſter, / Haſt thou according to thy oath and bande / Brought hither Henrie Herford thy bolde ſonne, / Here to make good the boiſtrous late appeale, / Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare / Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Moubray?
- At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
- A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation. He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.
- The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
- A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
- A power to attract or interest. The shows’ viewer appeal is simple: they’re family-friendly, good-natured and easy to play along with.
- a use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
- A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge. Nor ſhall the Sacred Character of the King / Be urg'd, to ſhield me from thy bold appeal.
appeal²
- /əˈpiːl/ UK
- /əˈpiːl/ US
Rhymes with -iːl
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-né-der.
Proto-Italic *pelnōder.
Latin pellō
Latin appellāreder.
Old French apelerdeverb.
Old French apelder.
Middle English apelen /appelen
English appeal
From Middle English apelen, appelen (“to accuse; to make a formal charge before a court, etc., impeach; to challenge to trial by combat; to apply to a higher court or authority for review of a decision; to call upon for a decision, favour, help, etc.; to call by a name”) [and other forms], from Old French apeler (“to call; to call out”); see further at etymology 1.
verb appeals · appealing · appealed
- Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. Dissatisfied with the judge’s ruling, she decided to appeal.
- To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge). The plaintiff appealed the decision to the appellate court.
- To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason). This ſhalle not ſo be ended ſaid ſyr Mador de la porte / for here haue I loſte a ful noble knyght of my blood / And therfore vpon this ſhame & deſpyte I wille be reuenged to the vtteraunce / and there openly ſir Mador appeled the quene of the dethe of his coſyn ſir patryſe /
- Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
- Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
- To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke. And we are as willing to appeal to the Scripture as you.
- Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
- To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc. I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.
- To have recourse or resort to some physical means. Among the claimants were the mightiest sovereigns of the continent: there was little chance that they would submit to any arbitration but that of the sword; and it could not be hoped that, if they appealed to the sword, other potentates who had no pretension to any part of the disputed inheritance w
- To be attractive. That idea appeals to me.
- To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge. […] I have friends, I have followers—man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists; let him come in his plate and his mail, and all that can render cowardice bold; I have sent such a javelin as this through a stronger fence than three of their war shields!
