v. t. [ OE. apechen, for empechen, OF. empeechier, F. empêcher, to hinder. See Impeach. ] To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An accuser. [ Obs. ] Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Accusation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To summon; to challenge. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To invoke. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. (Law) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reëxamination of for decision. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

I appeal unto Cæsar. Acts xxv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

They appealed to the sword. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. appel, apel, OF. apel, F. appel, fr. appeler. See Appeal, v. t. ] 1. (Law) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement. Tomlins. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A summons to answer to a charge. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Resort to physical means; recourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An appellant. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes an appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That appeals; imploring. -- Ap*peal"ing*ly, adv. -- Ap*peal"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Appeared p. pr. & vb. n. Appearing. ] [ OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar&unr_;re to appear + par&unr_;reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par&unr_;re to produce. Cf. Apparent, Parent, Peer, v. i. ] 1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. [ 1913 Webster ]

And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

We must all appear before the judgment seat. 2 Cor. v. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John iii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of their vain contest appeared no end. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. [ 1913 Webster ]

They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Matt. vi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To seem; look. See Seem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Appearance. [ Obs. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See Appear. ] 1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now am come to see . . .
It thy appearance answer loud report. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. Num. ix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

For man looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Judge not according to the appearance. John. vii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will he now retire,
After appearance, and again prolong
Our expectation? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Probability; likelihood. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There is that which hath no appearance. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) 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. Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell. [ 1913 Webster ]

To put in an appearance, to be present; to appear in person. --
To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air; look; manner; mien; figure; aspect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who appears. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Apparently. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. -- Ap*peas"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who appeases; a pacifier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to appease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Disappeared p. pr. & vb. n. Disappearing. ] 1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear.

Disappearing carriage (Ordnance), a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing carriage in the coast artillery of the United States army is the Buffington-Crozier carriage, in which the gun trunnions are secured at the upper and after ends of a pair of heavy levers, at the lower ends of which is attached a counterweight of lead. The levers are pivoted at their middle points, which are, with the top carriage, permitted restrained motion along the slightly inclined chassis rails. The counterweight is held in place by a pawl and ratchet. When the gun is loaded the pawl is released and the counterweight sinks, raising the gun to the firing position above the parapet. The recoil following the discharge returns the gun to the loading position, the counterweight rising until the pawl engages the ratchet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not admitting of appeal; not appealable. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To appear again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. trappéen. See Trap a kind of rock. ] (Min.) Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be appealed from; -- said of a judge or a judgment that can not be overruled. [ 1913 Webster ]

The infallible, unappealable Judge [ God ]. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

We submitted to a galling yet unappealable necessity. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`ap*peal"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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