Appeal Definition
ə-pēl
appealed, appealing, appeals
noun
appeals
An earnest or urgent request, entreaty, or supplication.
American Heritage
A call upon some authority or person for a decision, opinion, etc.
Webster's New World
A resort to a higher authority or greater power, as for sanction, corroboration, or a decision.
An appeal to reason; an appeal to her listener's sympathy.
American Heritage
An urgent request for help, sympathy, etc.
Webster's New World
A higher court's review of the correctness of a decision by a lower court.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
appealed, appealing, appeals
To make an earnest or urgent request, as for help.
American Heritage
To submit (a lower court's ruling, verdict, etc.) to a higher court for review.
Webster's New World
To appeal a law case to a higher court.
Webster's New World
To have recourse, as for corroboration; resort.
I appeal to your sense of justice.
American Heritage
To accuse of a crime.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
on appeal
- In the process of being appealed; while being appealed.
American Heritage
on appeal
- being reviewed or pending review by an appellate court
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Appeal
- on appeal
- on appeal
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