All 3 Uses of
appeal
in
The Prince and The Pauper
- He looked appealingly, first at one and then another of the lords about him, and tears came into his eyes.†
Chpt 7 *
- Appeal was made to him; he gave assent, and came forth arrayed for battle; but no sooner did the Frenchman glimpse his huge frame and hear his famous name but he fled away, and the French king's cause was lost.†
Chpt 12
- The prisoner clasped his hands together with sudden energy, and wrung them despairingly, at the same time appealing imploringly to the 'King' in broken and terrified phrases— "O my lord the King, an' thou canst pity the lost, have pity upon me!†
Chpt 15 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(appeal as in: appealed for help) a request or the act of asking -- sometimes specifically for help or that a decision be overturned
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(2)
(appeal as in: appeals to youthful tastes) attractiveness or desirability; or to be attractive or desirable