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Meaning of appeal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  appeal
      n 1: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
           fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public
           to keep calm" [syn: {entreaty}, {prayer}, {appeal}]
      2: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his
         smile was part of his appeal to her" [syn: {appeal},
         {appealingness}, {charm}]
      3: (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"
      4: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for
         starving children" [syn: {solicitation}, {appeal},
         {collection}, {ingathering}]
      v 1: take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was
           found guilty but appealed immediately"
      2: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or
         protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in
         times of trouble" [syn: {appeal}, {invoke}]
      3: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me";
         "The beautiful garden attracted many people" [syn: {attract},
         {appeal}] [ant: {repel}, {repulse}]
      4: challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"
      5: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that
         would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She
         invoked an ancient law" [syn: {invoke}, {appeal}]

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