Appeal vs Undermine - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).
*, Book VII:
*:And there opynly Sir Mador appeled the quene of the deth of hys cousyn Sir Patryse.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , V.9:
*:He gan that Ladie strongly to appele / Of many haynous crymes by her enured.
(transitive, legal, chiefly, US) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
:(Tomlins)
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*:For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
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.
*(Samuel Horsley) (1733-1806)
*:I appeal to the Scriptures in the original.
* (1800-1859)
*:They appealed to the sword.
To be attractive.
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(cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
To summon; to challenge.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
To invoke.
:(Milton)
(legal) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination 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.
A summons to answer to a charge.
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.
* Francis Bacon
# (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
Resort to physical means; recourse.
The power to attract or interest.
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage or for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 312:
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
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As verbs the difference between appeal and undermine
is that appeal is (obsolete) to accuse (someone of something) while undermine is to dig underneath (something), to make a passage or for destructive or military purposes; to sap.As a noun appeal
is (legal) (a) an application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination 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.appeal
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Alternative forms
* appeale (obsolete) * appeall (obsolete) * appelVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* appeal toNoun
(en noun)- (Tomlins)
- (Bouvier)
- (John Dryden)
- a kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders
Derived terms
* curb appeal * sex appeal * street appealSee also
* approvementExternal links
* * ----undermine
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Verb
(undermin)- Martin, for instance, had on one occasion undermined a tree sacred to old gods, then stood in the path of its fall, but forced it to fall elsewhere by making the sign of the Cross.
Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?, passage=The growing use of social media to spread anger and dissent in the Arab world has been hailed by western governments as one of the chief justifications for a completely unfettered internet. The US is reportedly funding the secret rollout of technology in Iran in an effort to undermine internet censors in the country.}}