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APPEAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial

Example:

their appeal was denied in the superior court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("appeal" is a kind of...):

legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

appeal (take a court case to a higher court for review)

appeal (challenge (a decision))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

Example:

his smile was part of his appeal to her

Synonyms:

appeal; appealingness; charm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("appeal" is a kind of...):

attractiveness (sexual allure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appeal"):

siren call; siren song (the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous)

winsomeness (childlike charm or appeal)

Derivation:

appeal (be attractive to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Request for a sum of money

Example:

an appeal to raise money for starving children

Synonyms:

appeal; collection; ingathering; solicitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("appeal" is a kind of...):

petition; postulation; request (a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appeal"):

whip-round ((British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Earnest or urgent request

Example:

an appeal to the public to keep calm

Synonyms:

appeal; entreaty; prayer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("appeal" is a kind of...):

asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appeal"):

adjuration (a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something)

demagoguery; demagogy (impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace)

plea; supplication (a humble request for help from someone in authority)

solicitation (an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status)

suit (a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank)

courting; courtship; suit; wooing (a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage))

Derivation:

appeal (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

Example:

Invoke God in times of trouble

Synonyms:

appeal; invoke

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "appeal" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "appeal"):

plead (appeal or request earnestly)

call on; turn (have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s to somebody

Derivation:

appeal (earnest or urgent request)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cite as an authority; resort to

Example:

She invoked an ancient law

Synonyms:

appeal; invoke

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "appeal" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be attractive to

Example:

The beautiful garden attracted many people

Synonyms:

appeal; attract

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "appeal"):

becharm; beguile; bewitch; captivate; capture; catch; charm; enamor; enamour; enchant; entrance; fascinate; trance (attract; cause to be enamored)

beckon (appear inviting)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

appeal (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Take a court case to a higher court for review

Example:

He was found guilty but appealed immediately

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "appeal" is one way to...):

challenge (issue a challenge to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

appeal ((law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial)

appealable (capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal)

appellant (the party who appeals a decision of a lower court)

appellant (of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Challenge (a decision)

Example:

She appealed the verdict

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "appeal" is one way to...):

challenge; take exception (raise a formal objection in a court of law)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

appeal ((law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial)

appealable (capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal)

appellant (of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals))

Credits

 Context examples: 

And I still appeal to my servants round, whether they at any time saw a coach at my door, without knowing what persons were in it.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Sir Thomas had appealed to her reason, conscience, and dignity.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

There was his crime; what was to be his punishment? Should I appeal to the law? Where were my proofs?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance; and an appeal so worded could not be set aside without a grave responsibility.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But they continued to call us by name and appeal to us, for God's sake, to be merciful and not leave them to die in such a place.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He had thought her wretchedly altered, and in the first moment of appeal, had spoken as he felt.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

What Alleyne saw and wondered at in Hampshire would have appealed equally to the traveller in any other English county from the Channel to the marches of Scotland.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I appeal to the referee!” cried Sir Lothian Hume.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“No—I have never seen Mr. Elton,” she replied, starting on this appeal; “is he—is he a tall man?”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

My passionate and indignant appeals were lost upon them.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)