appeal+to+(verb)

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• appeal — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 attraction/interest ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, growing, obvious, powerful, special, strong ▪ immediate, i …   Collocations dictionary

• appeal — [[t]əpi͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦ appeals, appealing, appealed 1) VERB If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them. [V to/for n to inf] Deng Xiaoping recently appealed for students to return to China... [V to n for n] …   English dictionary

• appeal — ▪ I. appeal ap‧peal 1 [əˈpiːl] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] LAW an official request to a higher authority for a decision made by a court, committee etc to be changed: • The company s appeal against the assessment will be determined at the… …   Financial and business terms

• appeal — 1 noun 1 (C) an urgent request for something important such as money or help, especially to help someone in a bad situation (+ for): The United Nations appeal for a ceasefire has been largely ignored by both sides. | appeal to sb to do sth: an… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• appeal — [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… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• appeal — [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

• appeal — ap·peal 1 /ə pēl/ n [Old French apel, from apeler to call, accuse, appeal, from Latin appellare]: a proceeding in which a case is brought before a higher court for review of a lower court s judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court… …   Law dictionary

• appeal — ► VERB 1) make a serious or heartfelt request. 2) be attractive or interesting: activities that appeal to all. 3) Law apply to a higher court for a reversal of a lower court s decision. 4) Cricket (of the bowler or fielders) call on the umpire to …   English terms dictionary

• appeal — verb 1》 make a serious or heartfelt request.     ↘Cricket (of the bowler or fielders) call on the umpire to declare a batsman out. 2》 Law apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court. 3》 (usu. appeal to) be attractive… …   English new terms dictionary

• appeal — I. noun Etymology: Middle English appel, from Anglo French apel, from apeler Date: 13th century 1. a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court 2. a criminal accusation 3. a. an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• appeal — /əˈpil / (say uh peel) noun 1. a call for aid, support, mercy, etc.; an earnest request or entreaty. 2. a fund raising enterprise undertaken by or on behalf of a charitable or other needy organisation: a Red Cross appeal. 3. application or… …