apel·lar

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Etymology[edit]

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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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/

  1. (intransitive) to appeal [+ a (object) = to]; to call upon
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to resort [+ a (object) = to]
    sense apel·lar a altres recursoswithout resorting to other means

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