1. An earnest or urgent request, entreaty, or supplication.
2. 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.
3. Law
a. A higher court's review of the correctness of a decision by a lower court.
b. A case so reviewed.
c. A request for a higher court to review the decision of a lower court.
4. The power of attracting or of arousing interest: a city with special appeal for museumgoers.
v.ap·pealed, ap·peal·ing, ap·peals
v.intr.
1. To make an earnest or urgent request, as for help.
2. To have recourse, as for corroboration; resort: I appeal to your sense of justice.
3. Law To make or request an appeal.
4. To be attractive or interesting: The idea didn't appeal to me.
v.tr.Law
To request for an appeal of (a case) to a higher court for rehearing.
Idiom:
on appeal
In the process of being appealed; while being appealed.
[Middle English apel, from Old French, from apeler, to appeal, from Latin appellāre, to entreat; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]
adjuration - a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
demagoguery, demagogy - impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
plea, supplication - a humble request for help from someone in authority
solicitation - an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief"
suit - a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
courting, courtship, wooing, suit - a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
2.
appeal - attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
appeal - (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
4.
appeal - request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
plead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
call on, turn - have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"
3.
appeal - be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
(= call) to appeal for sth [+ calm, help, witnesses] → lancer un appel à qch They appealed for help → Ils ont lancé un appel au secours. The police have appealed for witnesses → La police a lancé un appel à témoins. He appealed for calm → Il a lancé un appel au calme. He appealed for silence BUTIl a demandé le silence. to appeal to sb for sth → demander qch à qn to appeal to sb for mercy → implorer la pitié de qn
(= be attractive) [idea, book] → être attrayant(e), être tentant(e) to appeal to sb → plaire à qn, tenter qn Greece doesn't appeal to me → Ça ne me tente pas d'aller en Grèce. Does that appeal to you? → Ça te tente? It doesn't appeal to me BUTCela ne m'attire pas.
vt(LAW) [+ verdict] → faire appel de They intend to appeal the verdict → Ils ont l'intention de faire appel du verdict.
(= request) (for help, money etc) → Aufrufm, → Appellm, → (dringende) Bitte (for um); (for mercy) → Gesuchnt → (for um); appeal for funds → Spendenappell or -aufrufm → or -aktionf; to make an appeal to somebody (to do something) → an jdnappellieren(, etw zu tun); (charity, organization etc) → einen AppellorAufruf an jdnrichten(, etw zu tun); to make an appeal to somebody for something → jdn um etwbitten; (charity, organization etc) → jdn zu etwaufrufen; to make an appeal for mercy (officially) → ein Gnadengesucheinreichen
(= be attractive) → reizen (to sb jdn), zusagen (to sb jdm); (plan, candidate, idea) → zusagen (to sb jdm); (book, magazine) → ansprechen (to sb jdn); it simply doesn’t appeal → es findeteinfach keinen Anklang; how does that appeal? → wie gefällt Ihnen das?; the story appealed to his sense of humour → die Geschichtesprach seinen Sinn für Humor an
1. (often with to) to ask earnestly for something. She appealed (to him) for help. versoek يَلْتَمِس، يَسْتَغيث، يُناشِد моля apelar žádat, volat po ersuchen bede; anmode κάνω έκκληση suplicar, rogar palvega pöörduma درخواست کردن؛ تقاضا کردن anoa en appeler à; supplier לִפְנוֹת अपील करना apelirati folyamodik mengimbau biðja innilega fare appello, ricorrere 請う 간청하다 kreiptis lūgt merayu een beroep doen opbønnfalle, henvende seg til zwracać się درخواست کول ، تقاضاء کول apelar a apela (la); a cere взывать dovolávať sa prositi (za) apelovati vädja อ้อนวอน rica etmek 懇求, 呼籲 звертатися, закликати فریاد کرنا yêu cầu 呼吁
2. to take a case one has lost to a higher court etc; to ask (a referee, judge etc) for a new decision. He appealed against a three-year sentence. appèl indien يَسْتَأنِف حُكْماً обжалвам recorrer odvolat se Einspruch erheben appellere; anke κάνω έφεση apelar, recurrir edasi kaebama فرجام خواستن valittaa ylempään oikeusasteeseen faire appel לְעַרְעֵר पुनर्विचार के लिये प्रार्थना करना uložiti priziv fellebbez naik banding áfrÿja fare appello 上訴する 상소하다 paduoti apeliaciją, apskųsti apeliacine tvarka apelēt; iesniegt apelāciju merayu in beroep gaananke, appellereapelować مرسته غوښتل recorrer a face apel/recurs (la) подавать апелляцию odvolať sa pritožiti se (na) žaliti se överklaga ขออุทธรณ์ temyiz etmek 上訴,陳情 подавати апеляційну скаргу ادنیٰ عدالت سے اعلیٰ عدالت میں مقدمہ لے جانا kháng cáo 上诉
3. (with to) to be pleasing. This place appeals to me. goed stem يَروق لِ، يُعْجِب нравя се atrair zamlouvat se zusagen appellere til; tiltale αρέσωgustar, agradar meeldima جذابیت داشتن viehättää plaire à מוֹשֵך अच्छा लगना sviđati se tetszik menarik hati falla í geð attrarre; interessare 心に訴える 흥미를 끌다 patikti patikt menarik hati aantrekkenvirke tiltalende, falle i smakpodobać się جذابیت لرل atrair a plăcea привлекать (za)páčiť sa ugajati sviđati se tilltala ดึงดูด hoşuna gitmek 有吸引力 приваблювати, подобатися اچھا لگنا ، پسند آنا hấp dẫn 有吸引力
noun
1. (the act of making) a request (for help, a decision etc). The appeal raised $500 for charity; a last appeal for help; The judge rejected his appeal. appèl, versoek إستِغاثَه، مُناشَدَه، إسْتِأناف ، إلتِماس молба apelo žádost; volání po; odvolání die Bitte; der Einspruch appel; bøn; anmodning έκκληση, έφεσηapelación palve, edasikaebus تقاضا؛ درخواست vetoomus appelבקשה, פניה, פנייה अपील apel fellebbezés, kérés, felhívás imbauan umleitun, ákall; áfrÿjun appello, invocazione 訴え 간청 prašymas, apeliacija lūgums; apelācija; aicinājums rayuan oproep, beroepbønn, appellapel, apelacja تقاضاء ، درخواست apelo apel, chemare обращение; апелляция žiadosť, odvolanie prošnja; klic; pritožba žalba vädjan คำขอร้อง; การอุทธรณ์ yakarış, yalvarış 懇求 заклик, прохання استدعا کرنا ، درخواست کرنا sự yêu cầu giúp đỡ; sự kháng cáo 要求,恳求
2. attraction. Music holds little appeal for me. aantrekking إغْراء، جَاذِبِيَّه привличам atração přitažlivost der Reiz tiltrækningskraft γοητείαatractivo veetlus جذابیت vetovoima attraitמשיכה आकर्षण privlačnost vonzerő daya tarik aðdráttarafl attrazione; interesse 魅力 매력 patrauklumas pievilcība daya tarik aantrekkingskrachttiltrekningurok جذابیت atracção farmec привлекательность príťažlivosť privlačnost čar lockelse ความดึงดูดใจ cazibe, çekicilik 吸引力 привабливість کشش sự hấp dẫn 感染力,吸引力
The several departments being perfectly co-ordinate by the terms of their common commission, none of them, it is evident, can pretend to an exclusive or superior right of settling the boundaries between their respective powers; and how are the encroachments of the stronger to be prevented, or the wrongs of the weaker to be redressed, without an appeal to the people themselves, who, as the grantors of the commissions, can alone declare its true meaning, and enforce its observance?
And if there was a necessity for confiding the original cognizance of causes arising under those laws to them there would be a correspondent necessity for leaving the door of appeal as wide as possible.
THE main purpose of this story is to appeal to the reader's interest in a subject which has been the theme of some of the greatest writers, living and dead -- but which has never been, and can never be, exhausted, because it is a subject eternally interesting to all mankind.
"In the heart of the jungle, dear," she said, "with no other form of right or justice to appeal to other than your own mighty muscles, you would be warranted in executing upon this man the sentence he deserves; but with the strong arm of a civilized government at your disposal it would be murder to kill him now.
It turned out to be an appeal to the people of the Province of Pang Ki to drive the foreign devils out of the country and burn their dwellings and churches.
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