Peal

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Peal

Type

bound base

Denotation

push, drive, hurl, thrust out, beat, strike

Etymology

Middle English -pelen; Anglo-Norman -peler; Old French -peler; Latin -pellāre, from pellere

Evidence

appeal, appealable, appealed, appealer, appealing, appealingly, appealingness, appeals, counterappeal, nonrepealed, reappeal, repeal, repealability, repealable, repealalist, repealed, repealer, repealing, repealism, repealment, repeals, rerepeal, unappealed, unrepeal, unrepealed

Notes

reflects the pattern of spelling Anglo-Norman/Old French -eler as Modern English -eal
appeal and appel are doublets
repeal and repel are doublets

See Also

Pel(e) [Pele, Pel], Pulse, Push