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English Dictionary: appealing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for appealing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appealing adj 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" Antonym(s): unappealing (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play" Synonym(s): sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable Antonym(s): unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appealing \Appeal"ing\, a. That appeals; imploring. -- {Appeal"ingly}, adv. -- {Appeal"ing*ness}, n.
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.