appeal | English to English Dictionary

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appeal

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earnest or urgent request(noun.communication)

Example:
An appeal for help.
An appeal to the public to keep calm.

Synonym:
entreaty, prayer

source: wordnet30
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates(noun.attribute)

Example:
His smile was part of his appeal to her.

Synonym:
appealingness, charm

source: wordnet30
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial(noun.act)

Example:
Their appeal was denied in the superior court.

source: wordnet30
request for a sum of money(noun.communication)

Example:
An appeal to raise money for starving children.

Synonym:
collection, ingathering, solicitation

source: wordnet30
An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review.(noun)

source: webster1913

take a court case to a higher court for review(verb.social)

Example:
He was found guilty but appealed immediately.

source: wordnet30
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection(verb.communication)

Example:
Appeal to somebody for help.

Synonym:
invoke

source: wordnet30
be attractive to(verb.emotion)

Example:
The idea of a vacation appeals to me.

Synonym:
attract
Antonym:
repel, repulse

source: wordnet30
challenge (a decision)(verb.social)

Example:
She appealed the verdict.

source: wordnet30
cite as an authority; resort to(verb.communication)

Example:
I appealed to the law of 1900.

source: wordnet30
To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.(verb)

source: webster1913
To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reëxamination of for decision.(verb)

source: webster1913