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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
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              Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
          compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
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