APPEAL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English appel, from Anglo-French apel, from apeler Date: 13th century a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court, a criminal accusation, 3. an application (as to a recognized authority) for corroboration, vindication, or decision, an earnest plea ; entreaty , an organized request for donations , the power of arousing a sympathetic response ; attraction , II. verb see: felt Date: 14th century transitive verb to charge with a crime ; accuse , to take proceedings to have (a lower court's decision) reviewed in a higher court, intransitive verb to take a lower court's decision to a higher court for review, to call upon another for corroboration, vindication, or decision, to make an earnest request , to arouse a sympathetic response , ~ability noun ~able adjective ~er noun