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Noun: appeal u'peel- Earnest or urgent request
"an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" - entreaty, prayer - Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
"his smile was part of his appeal to her" - appealingness, charm - (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
"their appeal was denied in the superior court" - Request for a sum of money
"an appeal to raise money for starving children" - solicitation, collection, ingathering Verb: appeal u'peel- Take a court case to a higher court for review
"He was found guilty but appealed immediately" - Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
"appeal to somebody for help" - invoke - Be attractive to
"The idea of a vacation appeals to me" - attract - Challenge (a decision)
"She appealed the verdict" - Cite as an authority; resort to
"I appealed to the law of 1900" - invoke
Derived forms: appealed, appeals, appealing See also: appealable, appellant Type of: advert, asking, attractiveness, bespeak, bring up, call for, challenge, cite, legal proceeding, mention, name, petition, postulation, proceeding, proceedings, quest, refer, request, take exception Encyclopedia: Appeal |