Hypertext Webster Gateway: "appealing"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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