English to English
noun
- earnest or urgent request
An entreaty to stop the fighting.
An appeal for help.
An appeal to the public to keep calm.
source: WordNet 3.0
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
His smile was part of his appeal to her.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
Their appeal was denied in the superior court.
source: WordNet 3.0
- request for a sum of money
An appeal to raise money for starving children.
source: WordNet 3.0
- An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- take a court case to a higher court for review
He was found guilty but appealed immediately.
source: WordNet 3.0
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
Appeal to somebody for help.
Invoke God in times of trouble.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be attractive to
The idea of a vacation appeals to me.
The beautiful garden attracted many people.
source: WordNet 3.0
- challenge (a decision)
She appealed the verdict.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cite as an authority; resort to
He invoked the law that would save him.
I appealed to the law of 1900.
She invoked an ancient law.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reëxamination of for decision.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [apíl] Tutol; luhog
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [apíl] Tumutol; magsakdal ó lumuhog sa lalong mataas na húkuman
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
