Appealable: Definition and part of speech

Appealable

  1. a. That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.
  2. a. Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.

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.

Appear: Definition and part of speech

Appear

  1. n. Appearance.
  2. v. i. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
  3. v. i. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
  4. v. i. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one’s self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
  5. v. i. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
  6. v. i. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
  7. 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.

Appearance: Definition and part of speech

Appearance

  1. n. The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
  2. n. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
  3. n. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
  4. n. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
  5. n. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
  6. n. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
  7. n. Probability; likelihood.

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.