Word: appeal
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ap
peal
Definition: 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 offence against the public; an accusation.
Morphemes:
Affix: appeal
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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 offence against the public; an accusation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad-
Language: la
Decoded: ad-
Meaning: prefix meaning ‘to; towards’
Affix: pellō
Language: la
Decoded: pello
Meaning: to drive, impel, push; to hurl, propel; to banish, expel; to eject, thrust out