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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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