appeal
[ uh-peel ]
/ əˈpil /
noun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
Law.
- to apply for review of (a case) to a higher tribunal.
- Obsolete. to charge with a crime before a tribunal.
Idioms for appeal
appeal to the country, British.
country(def 16).
Origin of appeal
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English
a(
p)
pelen < Anglo-French, Old French
a(
p)
peler < Latin
appellāre to speak to, address, equivalent to
ap-
ap-1 +
-pellāre, iterative stem of
pellere to push, beat against; (noun) Middle English
ap(
p)
el < Anglo-French, Old French
apel, noun derivative of
ap(
p)
eler
SYNONYMS FOR appeal
synonym study for appeal
6.
Appeal,
entreat,
petition,
supplicate mean to ask for something wished for or needed.
Appeal and
petition may concern groups and formal or public requests.
Entreat and
supplicate are usually more personal and urgent. To
appeal is to ask earnestly for help or support, on grounds of reason, justice, common humanity, etc.:
to appeal for contributions to a cause. To
petition is to ask by written request, by prayer, or the like, that something be granted:
to petition for more playgrounds.
Entreat suggests pleading:
The captured knight entreated the king not to punish him. To
supplicate is to beg humbly, usually from a superior, powerful, or stern (official) person:
to supplicate that the lives of prisoners be spared.
historical usage of appeal
The English noun
appeal is first recorded at the end of the 13th century; the verb dates from the first half of the 14th century. But in English (and in French), the noun is a derivative of the verb.
The Old French verb apeler is a regular French development from Latin appellāre “to speak to, address, name, call upon (for help), solicit, demand repayment, charge, accuse.” The Latin and Old French sense that prevails in English is “to refer or call to a higher authority (e.g., to the emperor or a higher judge).”
Appellāre is a frequentative derived from the verb appellere “to drive (cattle, equipment), to go or land ashore,” which develops the sense “to call to, address.”
The meaning “to be attractive or pleasing” developed from the earlier meaning “to address oneself, as to a class of people or to a principle of moral conduct, in expectation of a sympathetic response.”
The Old French verb apeler is a regular French development from Latin appellāre “to speak to, address, name, call upon (for help), solicit, demand repayment, charge, accuse.” The Latin and Old French sense that prevails in English is “to refer or call to a higher authority (e.g., to the emperor or a higher judge).”
Appellāre is a frequentative derived from the verb appellere “to drive (cattle, equipment), to go or land ashore,” which develops the sense “to call to, address.”
The meaning “to be attractive or pleasing” developed from the earlier meaning “to address oneself, as to a class of people or to a principle of moral conduct, in expectation of a sympathetic response.”
OTHER WORDS FROM appeal
Words nearby appeal
apparently,
apparition,
apparitor,
appassionato,
appd.,
appeal,
appeal play,
appealing,
appear,
appear as,
appearance
Example sentences from the Web for appeal
British Dictionary definitions for appeal
appeal
/ (əˈpiːl) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of appeal
appealable, adjective appealer, nounWord Origin for appeal
C14: from Old French
appeler, from Latin
appellāre to entreat (literally: to approach), from
pellere to push, drive