The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
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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.
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The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
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The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.
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Demagogism.
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That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in…
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The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
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The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
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The characteristic of being winsome; attractiveness of manner.
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of Woo
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To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
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An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…
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To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
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A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a perso…
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The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
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The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…
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To carry or send back.
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The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…
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To charm; to captivate.
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To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
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To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
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To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
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To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
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The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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A melody; a song.
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To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of book…
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To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.
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The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…
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To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.
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A tedious journey.
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.
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Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.
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Relating to an appeal; appellate.
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Relating to an appeal; appellate.
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Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
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Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
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To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
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To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
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An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending…
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An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending…
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Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
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Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
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One who, or that which, attracts.
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One who, or that which, attracts.
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Treatment; reception; entertainment.
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Treatment; reception; entertainment.
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To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
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A melody; a song.
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The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
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Treatment; reception; entertainment.
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The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.
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To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…
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One who prays; a supplicant.
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The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority…
A request for review of a decision.
To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
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