Appeal

  • 41appeal — [14] The ultimate Latin source of appeal, the verb adpellere (formed from the prefix ad ‘to’ and pellere ‘drive’ – related to anvil, felt, and pulse), seems to have been used in nautical contexts in the sense ‘direct a ship towards a particular… …

    Word origins

  • 42appeal to — phr verb Appeal to is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑idea Appeal to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑conscience, ↑constituency, ↑instinct, ↑nature, ↑palate, ↑prejudice, ↑sense, ↑taste, ↑vanity, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 43Appeal — 1. Anziehung, Anziehungskraft, Attraktivität, Ausstrahlung, Charme, Faszination, Reiz, Wirkung, Zauber; (bildungsspr.): Attraktion. 2. Anreiz, Anziehung, Anziehungskraft, Attraktivität, Reiz, Zugkraft; (bildungsspr.): Attraktion; (Psychol.):… …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 44appeal — ap•peal [[t]əˈpil[/t]] n. v. pealed, peal•ing 1) an earnest plea; entreaty; plea: an appeal for help[/ex] 2) a request or reference to some authority for a decision, corroboration, or judgment 3) law a) an application for review by a higher… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 45appeal — Any form of appellate review other than by one of the extraordinary writs. 4 Am J2d A & E § 2. Generally regarded as a continuation of the original suit rather than as the inception of a new action, confined normally to consideration of the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 46Appeal —    A reference of any case from an inferior to a superior court. Moses established in the wilderness a series of judicatories such that appeals could be made from a lower to a higher (Ex. 18:13 26.)    Under the Roman law the most remarkable case …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 47appeal to — Synonyms and related words: accost, address, adjure, apostrophize, appeal, approach, ask, ask for, beg, beseech, bespeak, blackmail, buttonhole, call for, call for help, call on, call to, call upon, challenge, claim, clamor for, conjure, crave,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 48appeal — ap·peal s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1a. richiamo, attrazione 1b. sex appeal 2. TS pubbl. capacità di un annuncio pubblicitario di attirare l attenzione dei consumatori {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1961. ETIMO: dal fr. ant. apel, der. di apelei… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 49Appeal — Ap|peal [ə pi:l] der; s <aus engl. appeal »Anziehung(skraft), Wirkung«; vgl. ↑Appell>: a) Anziehungskraft, Ausstrahlung, Aussehen, ↑Image; b) Aufforderungscharakter, Anreiz (Psychol.) …

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  • 50appeal to — v. make an appeal to; request for help or information to …

    English contemporary dictionary