Appeal

ap-pēl′, v.i. to call upon, have recourse to (with to ): to refer (to a witne or superior authority): make supplication or earnest request to a person for a thing: to resort for verification or proof to some principle or person.— v.t. to remove a cause (to another court).— n. act of appealing: a supplication: removal of a cause to a higher tribunal.— adjs. Appeal′able ; Appeal′ing , relating to appeals.— adv. Appeal′ingly .— n. Appeal′ingne . [O. Fr. apeler — appellāre , -ātum , to addre , call by name; also to appeal to, impeach.]