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Webster's English Dictionary

appeal

v. t. [OE. appelen, apelen, to appeal, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad + pellere to drive. See Pulse, and cf. Peal.]1. (Law) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court. ()

2. To summon; to challenge. ()

Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists. (Sir W. Scott.)

3. To invoke. (Milton.)

v. t. 1. (Law) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of rexamination of for decision. (Tomlins.)

I appeal unto Csar. (Acts xxv. 11.)

2. To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request. ()

I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. (Horsley.)

They appealed to the sword. (Macaulay.)

n. [OE. appel, apel, OF. apel, F. appel, fr. appeler. See Appeal, v. t.]1. (Law) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for rexamination or review. (Tomlins. Bouvier.)

2. A summons to answer to a charge. (Dryden.)

3. A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty. ()

A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders. (Bacon.)

4. Resort to physical means; recourse. ()

Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms. (Kent.)