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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan apellar, from Latin appellāre. The contemporary Latinised pronunciation (with geminate /ll/ rather than historic /ʎ/) is due to its use in predominantly legal contexts.
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Verb
apel·lar (first-person singular present apel·lo, first-person singular preterite apel·lí, past participle apel·lat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to appeal ; to call upon
- (intransitive, figurative) to resort
- sense apel·lar a altres recursos ― without resorting to other means
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