ap·peal
(ə-pēĺ)
[Middle English apel, from Old French, from apeler, to appeal, from Latin appellāre, to entreat.]
noun
- An earnest or urgent request, entreaty, or supplication.
- A resort to a higher authority or greater power, as for sanction, corroboration, or a decision: an appeal to reason; an appeal to her listener's sympathy.
- Law
- The transfer of a case from a lower to a higher court for a new hearing.
- A case so transferred.
- A request for a new hearing.
- The power of attracting or of arousing interest: a city with special appeal for museumgoers.
verb: -pealed, -peal·ing, -peals.
intransitive verb
- To make an earnest or urgent request, as for help.
- To have recourse, as for corroboration; resort: I appeal to your sense of justice.
- Law To make or apply for an appeal.
- To be attractive or interesting: The idea didn't appeal to me.
transitive verb
Law
- To transfer or apply to transfer (a case) to a higher court for rehearing.
derivatives
- ap·peaĺa·biĺi·ty
- noun
- ap·peaĺa·ble
- adjective
- ap·peaĺer
- noun
