1. Attractiveness that interests, pleases or stimulates
   "his smile was part of his appeal to her";
   - appealingness, charm
    
2. Earnest or urgent request
   "an appeal for help";
   - entreaty, prayer, suppliance
    
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. Act of turning to for assistance
   "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort";
   - recourse, resort
    
5. Request for a sum of money
   "an appeal to raise money for starving children";
   - solicitation, collection, ingathering
    
6. (cricket) the act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not
   "The bowler made a passionate appeal for LBW, but the umpire remained unmoved"

1. Be attractive to
   "The idea of a vacation appeals to me";
   - attract
    
2. Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
   "appeal to somebody for help";
   - invoke
    
3. Take a court case to a higher court for review
   "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
    
4. Challenge (a decision)
   "She appealed the verdict"
    
5. Cite as an authority; resort to
   "I appealed to the law of 1900";
   - invoke

Derived forms: appealed, appealing, appeals

Type of: advert [rare], affect, aid, ask for, asking, assist, assistance, attractiveness, bespeak, bring up, call for, challenge, cite, help, impress, legal proceeding, mention, move, name, petition, postulation, proceeding, proceedings, refer, request, strike, take exception

Antonym: repel

Encyclopedia: Appeal