appellate

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English

Etymology

From Latin appellātus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈpɛlət/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlət

Adjective

appellate (not comparable)

  1. That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 228:
      In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires calculated that their absence – which entailed much of the country being without an appellate jurisdiction – would force the government to treat for terms.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

appellate

  1. inflection of appellare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

appellate f pl

  1. feminine plural of appellato

Latin

Verb

appellāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of appellō

Participle

appellāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of appellātus