Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-né-der.
Proto-Italic *pelnōder.
Latin pellō
Latin appellāreder.
Old French apelerdeverb.
Old French apelder.
Middle English apel /appel
English appeal
From Middle English apel, appel (“formal accusation brought in court; a challenge to trial by combat; an appeal to a higher court or authority; plea (for mercy, protection, etc.); pealing (of bells)”) [and other forms], from Old French apel (“a call”) (modern French appel (“a call; an appeal”)), from apeler (“to call; to call out”), from Latin appellāre (“to address as, call by name; to drive, move to; to land or put ashore”), alternative form adpellāre, from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to; towards’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + pellere (“to drive, impel, push; to hurl, propel; to banish, expel; to eject, thrust out”) + -āre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”), from *pel- (“to beat; to drive; to push”). Doublet of appel.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
(countable, uncountable) The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
(countable, uncountable) A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
I have an appeal against the lower court decision.
(countable, historical, uncountable) An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
Anciently an appeal lay for high treaſon. […] But it ſeems to be taken away by the ſt[atute] 1 H[enry] 4. 14. And now, if murder be made treaſon, an appeal does not lie. 1793, John Comyns, Stewart Kyd, “Appeal”, in A Digest of the Laws of England. […], 4th edition, volume I, Dublin: Luke White, →OCLC, page 515:
(countable, historical, uncountable) A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
Ovld Iohn of Gaunt time honoured Lancaſter, / Haſt thou according to thy oath and bande / Brought hither Henrie Herford thy bolde ſonne, / Here to make good the boiſtrous late appeale, / Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare / Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Moubray? 1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
(countable, historical, uncountable) At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
(countable, uncountable) A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
All in their Turns accuſers, and accus'd: / Babel was never half ſo much confus'd. / What one can plead, the reſt can plead as well; / For amongſt equals lies no laſt appeal, / And all confeſs themſelves are fallible. 1687, [John Dryden], “The Second Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 58:
[W]hile they received the doctrine of the Trinity as an infinite mystery, far above their reason, they contended against that of transubstantiation as capable of being tried by human faculties, and as contradicted by an appeal to them. 1808, Walter Scott, “The Hind and the Panther, a Poem. In Three Parts. [commentary]”, in John Dryden, The Works of John Dryden, […], volume X, London: […] [F]or William Miller, […], by James Ballantyne and Co. […], →OCLC, page 99:
[W]hen she lifted up / A face of sad appeal, and spake and said, / 'O Merlin, do you love me?' and again, / 'O Merlin, do you love me?' and once more, / 'Great Master, do you love me?' he was mute. 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 105:
He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.
As for the Caſting vp of the Eyes, and Lifting vp of the Hands, it is a kinde of Appeale to the Deity; Which is the Author, by Power, and Prouidence, of Strange Wonders. 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century. [Experiments in Consort, Touching the Impressions, which the Passions of the Minde Make vpon the Body.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 720, page 180:
(countable, uncountable) A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation. ▸ The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A power to attract or interest.
The shows’ viewer appeal is simple: they’re family-friendly, good-natured and easy to play along with. 2007 August 30, James Poniewozik, “No Talent Required”, in Time, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
It's blowing a gale and this holiday destination loses all its appeal in an instant in weather like this. 2026 January 7, 'Mystery Shopper', “Cornish cream - without the jams?”, in RAIL, number 1052, page 48:
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable) a use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
(countable, historical, uncountable) A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
Nor ſhall the Sacred Character of the King / Be urg'd, to ſhield me from thy bold appeal. 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 106:
pt recurso (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · nl beroep (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · nl oproep (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · fr attrait (power to attract or interest) · ro apel (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ru воззва́ние (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · ro recurs (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fa گیرایی (power to attract or interest) · es apelación (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · it appello (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · hi याचिका (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fi siviilikanne (process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered) · it appello (court case in which the application is argued) · es tener tilín (power to attract or interest) · uk апеля́ція (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · sv appell (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · el γοητεία (power to attract or interest) · es postura (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · ka გასაჩივრება (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fa فرجامخواهی (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ru обжа́лование (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · de Reiz (power to attract or interest) · fi vetovoima (power to attract or interest) · mi pīra (legal document or form by which such an application is made) · fi valitusoikeus (person’s legal right to apply to court for such a review) · ar اِلْتِمَاس (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · it ricorso (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · pt apelação (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · tr istinaf (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · pt apelo (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · pl rewizja (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fr appel (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · hu varázs (power to attract or interest) · es apelación (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · az çağırış (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · hu vonzerő (power to attract or interest) · fi turvautuminen voimakeinoihin (resort to some physical means — see also recourse) · hu fellebbezés (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · es atracción (power to attract or interest) · gv aachlashtyn (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · mi pīra (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · it appello (legal document or form by which such an application is made) · fa جاذبه (power to attract or interest) · bg обжалване (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ca atractiu (power to attract or interest) · bn আপিল (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · gd ath-èisdeachd (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · el έκκληση (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · eo apelacio (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fa کشش (power to attract or interest) · cs odvolání (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · mi turipū (power to attract or interest) · id banding (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fi muutoksenhaku (legal document or form by which such an application is made) · ar اِسْتِئْنَاف (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · it appello (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · cmn 上訴 /上诉 (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · uk зве́рнення (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · ru призы́в (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · uk оска́рження (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · el έλξη (power to attract or interest) · el προσφυγή (resort to some physical means — see also recourse) · hy բողոքարկում (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · el προσφυγή (call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for the purposes of persuasion) · mk апелација (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · pt apelo (power to attract or interest) · ta மேல்முறையீடு (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · es aliciente (power to attract or interest) · ca apel·lació (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ga achomharc (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · uk за́клик (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · fi valitus (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · de Berufung (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · el έφεση (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · et apellatsioon (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · mi pīra (court case in which the application is argued) · bg апел (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · hu kérés (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · fa استیناف (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ja 上告 (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · pl apelacja (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fi valittaminen (legal document or form by which such an application is made) · es recurso (call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for the purposes of persuasion) · el προσφυγή (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · hu felhívás (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · es recurso (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · es atractivo (power to attract or interest) · ru апелля́ция (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fi viehätysvoima (power to attract or interest) · uk прива́бливість (power to attract or interest) · fi vetoomus (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · ka აპელაცია (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ro atragere (power to attract or interest) · es petición (call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty) · hi अपील (application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ru привлека́тельность (power to attract or interest)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-né-der.
Proto-Italic *pelnōder.
Latin pellō
Latin appellāreder.
Old French apelerdeverb.
Old French apelder.
Middle English apelen /appelen
English appeal
From Middle English apelen, appelen (“to accuse; to make a formal charge before a court, etc., impeach; to challenge to trial by combat; to apply to a higher court or authority for review of a decision; to call upon for a decision, favour, help, etc.; to call by a name”) [and other forms], from Old French apeler (“to call; to call out”); see further at etymology 1.
Meanings
(intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
He was advised by his lawyer to appeal against his conviction.
For if I [Jesus] be an offender, or haue committed any thing worthy of death, I refuſe not to die: but if there be none of theſe things whereof theſe accuſe me, no man may deliuer me vnto them. I appeale vnto Ceſar. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 25:11, column 2:
Dissatisfied with the judge’s ruling, she decided to appeal.
(transitive) To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
The supreme court of Victoria has upheld a decision the transfer of juvenile detainees to an adult maximum security prison, where some of them spent Christmas Day, was unlawful. The [Daniel] Andrews government had appealed the original decision, which was handed down last week. 2016 December 28, Calla Wahlquist, “Supreme court upholds ruling that children are being held at adult prison unlawfully”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
The plaintiff appealed the decision to the appellate court.
(historical, transitive) To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
He gan that Ladie ſtrongly to appele / Of many haynous crymes by her enured, / And with ſharpe reaſons rang her ſuch a pele, / That thoſe, whom ſhe to pitie had allured, / He now t'abhorre and loath her perſon had procured. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 39, page 307:
We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs, / As well appeareth by the cauſe you come, / Namely to appeale each other of high treaſon: […] 1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
This ſhalle not ſo be ended ſaid ſyr Mador de la porte / for here haue I loſte a ful noble knyght of my blood / And therfore vpon this ſhame & deſpyte I wille be reuenged to the vtteraunce / and there openly ſir Mador appeled the quene of the dethe of his coſyn ſir patryſe / [1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum Tercium”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XVIII (in Middle English), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 365, recto; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 729, lines 12–17:
(historical, transitive) Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
(historical, transitive) Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
If I should sometimes have occasion, which will be but seldom, to appeal to the Scriptures in the original language, it will not be to impose a new sense upon the texts which I may find it to my purpose to produce, but to open and ascertain the meaning, where the original expressions may be more clear and determinate than those of our translation. a. 1807, Samuel Horsley, “Sermon I. St. James v. 8. For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”, in Sermons, volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] T. and J. Swords, […], published 1811, →OCLC, page 2:
And we are as willing to appeal to the Scripture as you. 1692, John Milton, chapter II, in [Joseph Washington], transl., A Defence of the People of England, […]: In Answer to Salmasius’s Defence of the King, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 18:
(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke. ▸ Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
(intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.
What is more, I call upon the greater part of you as witnesses to my statement, and I appeal to all of you who have ever listened to me talking (and there are a great many to whom this applies) to clear your neighbours’ minds on this point. 1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, pages 21–22:
(figuratively, intransitive) To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
Among the claimants were the mightiest sovereigns of the continent: there was little chance that they would submit to any arbitration but that of the sword; and it could not be hoped that, if they appealed to the sword, other potentates who had no pretension to any part of the disputed inheritance would long remain neutral. 1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXIII, in Lady Trevelyan (Hannah More Macaulay), editor, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume V, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, →OCLC, page 94:
(figuratively, intransitive) To be attractive.
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 110:
That idea appeals to me.
(historical, transitive) To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
[…] I have friends, I have followers—man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists; let him come in his plate and his mail, and all that can render cowardice bold; I have sent such a javelin as this through a stronger fence than three of their war shields! 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 57:
fi vedota (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · fi valittaa ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · hi याचिका ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · uk оска́ржити ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · nl aantrekkelijk zijn (to be attractive) · ro atrage (to be attractive) · uk зверну́тися (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · pt apelar (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · el ελκκύω (to be attractive) · pl zaapelować ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · de in Berufung gehen ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ga achomharc ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · nl appeleren (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · pl odwoływać się ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · id banding ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · hu hivatkozik (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · uk подо́батися (to be attractive) · ar اِسْتَأْنَفَ ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fr faire appel ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · uk блага́ти (to call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.) · de gefallen (to be attractive) · sv överklaga ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ka აპელირება ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · eo apelacii ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fr appeler (à) (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · nl in beroep gaan ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · uk оска́ржувати ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · mi pīra ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · de ansprechen (to be attractive) · el γοητεύω (to be attractive) · hy բողոքարկել ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · egy spr:r-A2 (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · cs odvolat se ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fa جالب بودن (to be attractive) · ka გასაჩივრება ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · nl beroep doen op (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · ro apela ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · eo plaĉi (to be attractive) · uk зверта́тися (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · ca abellir (to be attractive) · el θέλγω (to be attractive) · hu fordul (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · es apelar ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · pt atrair (to be attractive) · es llamar (to be attractive) · hu felhív (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · cs apelovat (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · pt recorrer ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fi kysyä ((cricket) of a fielding side: to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not) · uk заклика́ти (to call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.) · tr temyiz etmek ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · pl apelować ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · it appellarsi (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · ru опротестова́ть ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · hu apellál (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · fi pyytää (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · la obsecrō (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · ru обжа́ловать ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · nl in hoger beroep gaan ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · es apelar (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · pl odwołać się ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · uk сподо́батися (to be attractive) · hu megfellebbez ((transitive) to apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge)) · fr plaire (à) (to be attractive) · ja 訴える (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · ca apel·lar ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · pl spodobać się (to be attractive) · gl apelar ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ru понра́виться (to be attractive) · fi miellyttää (to be attractive) · uk апелюва́ти (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · fr interjeter appel ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · uk прива́блювати (to be attractive) · el επικαλούμαι (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · fi viehättää (to be attractive) · ro apela (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · ro a face recurs ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · pl podobać się (to be attractive) · ru опротесто́вывать ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fi haastaa (to summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat — see also challenge) · ca agradar (to be attractive) · el κάνω έφεση ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · fa درخواست کردن (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · uk апелюва́ти ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · ru нра́виться (to be attractive) · ru апелли́ровать ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · nl aantrekken (to be attractive) · hu fellebbez ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · cmn 上訴 /上诉 ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · el εφεσιβάλλω ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned) · nl appeleren ((cricket) of a fielding side: to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not) · hu folyamodik (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · pl apelować (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · pl zaapelować (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke) · de anziehen (to be attractive) · nl aanspreken (to be attractive) · hu tetszik (to be attractive) · pt apelar ((intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned)