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The act of appealing; appeal.

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  1. n. The act of appealing; appeal.
  2. n. The act of calling by a name.
  3. n. The word by which a word/particular">particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
  4. n. word/identifying">identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
  5. n. a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown
  6. 1. The act of word/appealing">appealing; word/appeal">appeal. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. The act of calling by a name. 3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume. Syn. -- See Name.
  7. n:100 n. word/identifying">identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others