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'appeal' - used as a noun
Synonyms for 'appeal'
1. earnest or urgent request
an appeal for help
an appeal to the public to keep calm
2. attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
his smile was part of his appeal to her
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

'appeal' - used as a verb
5. take a court case to a higher court for review
He was found guilty but appealed immediately
6. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
appeal to somebody for help
7. be attractive to
The idea of a vacation appeals to me
8. challenge (a decision)
She appealed the verdict
9. cite as an authority; resort to
I appealed to the law of 1900

derived forms
1. Appeal / Plural
appeals
2. Appeal / Past
appealed
3. Appeal / Third Person
appeals
4. Appeal / Present Participle
appealing
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