Appeal

1. v. t. Resort to physical means; recourse.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. t. 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.
4. v. t. To summon; to challenge.
5. v. t. To invoke.
6. v. t. To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
7. v. t. To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one’s rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
8. v. t. An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.
9. v. t. The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
10. v. t. The right of appeal.
11. 1v. t. 1 Resort to physical means; recourse.
12. 1v. t. 1 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.