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appealing
(encz) | appealing,přitažlivý |
appealing
(encz) | appealing,půvabný adj: |
Appealing
(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.
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2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
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Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Appealing
(gcide) | Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a.
That appeals; imploring. -- Ap*peal"ing*ly, adv. --
Ap*peal"ing*ness, n.
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appealing
(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, appealing, likeable,
likable] [ant: unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable,
unsympathetic] |
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appealing
(encz) | appealing,přitažlivý appealing,půvabný adj: |
appealingly
(encz) | appealingly,přitažlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
unappealing
(encz) | unappealing, |
unappealingly
(encz) | unappealingly,nevábně |
Appealingly
(gcide) | Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a.
That appeals; imploring. -- Ap*peal"ing*ly, adv. --
Ap*peal"ing*ness, n.
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Appealingness
(gcide) | Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a.
That appeals; imploring. -- Ap*peal"ing*ly, adv. --
Ap*peal"ing*ness, n.
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appealing
(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, appealing, likeable,
likable] [ant: unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable,
unsympathetic] |
appealingly
(wn) | appealingly
adv 1: in an appealing manner; "the table was set appealingly"
[ant: unappealingly] |
appealingness
(wn) | appealingness
n 1: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;
"his smile was part of his appeal to her" [syn: appeal,
appealingness, charm] |
unappealing
(wn) | unappealing
adj 1: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke
antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were
peculiarly unsympathetic" [syn: unsympathetic,
unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable] [ant:
appealing, likable, likeable, sympathetic]
2: not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the
place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his
singularly unappealing hostess" [ant: appealing] |
unappealingly
(wn) | unappealingly
adv 1: in an unappealing manner; "the kitchen was unappealingly
dirty" [ant: appealingly] |
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