APPELLATION Ap`pel*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. appellatio, fr. appellare: cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.]
1. The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. The act of calling by a name.
3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume.
Syn.
— See Name.
APPELLATIVE Ap*pel"la*tive, a. Etym: [L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]
1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.
2. (gram.)
Defn: Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
APPELLATIVE
Ap*pel"la*tive, n. Etym: [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.]