2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 

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