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


  Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a.
     That appeals; imploring. -- Ap*peal"ing*ly, adv. --
     Ap*peal"ing*ness, n.
     [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 ]


  Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a.
     That appeals; imploring. -- Ap*peal"ing*ly, adv. --
     Ap*peal"ing*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  appealing
       adj 1: able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He
              added an appealing and memorable figure to popular
              American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing
              sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to
              retire at fifty is very appealing" [ant: unappealing]
       2: (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or
          sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the
          play" [syn: sympathetic, likeable, likable] [ant: unsympathetic]
       3: expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
          look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for
          money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her
          voice" [syn: imploring, importunate, pleading]

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


  appealing
     Αγγλικά a.
     θελκτικός

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


  appealing
     a.
     Having appeal; attractive.
     n.
     The act of making an appeal.
     vb.
     (present participle of en appeal nocat=1)

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


  appealing
     a.
     Having appeal; attractive.
     n.
     The act of making an appeal.
     vb.
     (present participle of en appeal nocat=1)

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


  appealing
     a.
     Having appeal; attractive.
     n.
     The act of making an appeal.
     vb.
     (present participle of en appeal nocat=1)

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


  appealing
     a.
     Having appeal; attractive.
     n.
     The act of making an appeal.
     vb.
     (present participle of en appeal nocat=1)

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


  appealing
     Englanti a.
     vetoava, kiehtova, houkutteleva

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


  appealing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en appeal ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb appeal)

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


  Appealing /ɐpˈiːlɪŋ/
  جذّاب

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


  appealing /ɐpˈiːlɪŋ/
  půvabný

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


  appealing /ɐpˈiːlɪŋ/
  přitažlivý