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appeal
Part of speech: VerbTo transfer or refer to a superior court or judge; as, to appeal a case.
Part of speech: VerbTo refer to another person or tribunal; entreat, call for, or invoke aid, sympathy, or mercy.
Part of speech: NounA call or invocation for aid or sympathy; the right of referring a judicial decision to a higher court; a call or reference to another for proof.
Part of speech: AdjectiveAppealing.
Part of speech: AdverbAppealingly.
Usage examples "appeal":- In some of the books there is hardly any appeal of any other sort. - "The English Novel", George Saintsbury.
- He could now appeal only to herself, and to such appeal there could be but one answer. - "An Old Man's Love", Anthony Trollope.
- Then, in sudden appeal: Why won't you go to your father? - "The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush", Francis Lynde.