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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Appease \Ap*pease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier,
     apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F.
     paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
     To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to
     still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease
     the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
     hunger or thirst.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
          compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Appeal \Ap*peal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Appealing.] [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)
        (a) 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.
        (b) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a
            private criminal prosecution against for some heinous
            crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Appeal \Ap*peal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Appealing.] [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)
        (a) 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.
        (b) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a
            private criminal prosecution against for some heinous
            crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.
  
     2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
  
              Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Appease \Ap*pease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier,
     apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F.
     paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
     To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to
     still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease
     the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
     hunger or thirst.
  
     Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
          compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appealed
     vb.
     (infl of en appeal  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  appealed
     vb.
     (infl of en appeal  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  appealed
     vb.
     (infl of en appeal  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  appealed
     vb.
     (infl of en appeal  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appealed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a ppeal ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appealed
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en appeal ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb appeal)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Appealed /ɐpˈiːld/
  استأنف

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  appealed /ɐpˈiːld/ 
  apeloval

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  appealed /ɐpˈiːld/ 
  dovolával

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  appealed /ɐpˈiːld/ 
  vyzval