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Definitions of appeal
  1. noun
    attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
    "his smile was part of his appeal to her"

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  2. noun
    request for a sum of money
    "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
  3. noun
    earnest or urgent request
    "an appeal for help" "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

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  4. verb
    be attractive to
    "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"

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  5. verb
    request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
    "appeal to somebody for help"

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  6. verb
    cite as an authority; resort to
    "I appealed to the law of 1900"

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  7. verb
    challenge (a decision)
    "She appealed the verdict"
  8. noun
    (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"
  9. verb
    take a court case to a higher court for review
    "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
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