Definition/Meaning of appeal

• English - Verb: appeal ( third-person singular simple present appeals , present participle appealing , simple past and past participle appealed ) ( transitive , obsolete ) To accuse (someone of something). 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur , Book VII: And there opynly Sir Mador appeled the quene of the deth of hys cousyn Sir Patryse. 1596 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , V .9: He gan that Ladie…
• English - Noun: appeal ( plural appeals ) ( law ) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review . (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected . (c) The right of appeal . (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding…
• English - Alternative forms: appeale ( obsolete ) appeall ( obsolete ) appel ( 15th - 16th centuries )
• English - Etymology: From Old French apeler , from Latin appellō .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /əˈpɪəl/