n.
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English appelen to accuse, appeal, from Anglo-French apeler, literally, to call, summon, from Latin appellare, from appellere to drive to, from ad- + pellere to drive ― more at FELT
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to charge with a crime : ACCUSE
2 : to take proceedings to have (a lower court's decision) reviewed in a higher court
intransitive verb
1 : to take a lower court's decision to a higher court for review
2 : to call upon another for corroboration, vindication, or decision
3 : to make an earnest request < appeal ed to them for help>
4 : to arouse a sympathetic response <that idea appeal s to him>
– ap · peal · abil · i · ty \ - ˌ p ē -l ə - ' bi-l ə -t ē \ noun
– ap · peal · able \ - ' p ē -l ə -b ə l \ adjective
– ap · peal · er noun