| 1. request; request money, raise money, fundraise; plea; petition for a new trial or judgment (Law); attract a person; be particularly attractive or pleasing. plead; request; petition for a new trial or judgement. appealap*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.] |