Appeal, subst., reference to a superior judge: Lucr. 293. Meas. V, 303. H4B IV, 1, 88. Followed by “to:” H8 II, 4, 234. V, 1, 152.
2) a plea put in before the judge: “my a. says I did strive to prove the constancy and virtue of your love,” Sonn. 117, 13.
4) impeachment: “to make good the boisterous a.” R2 I, 1, 4. IV, 45. IV, 45 Ant. III, 5, 12.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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