What is the meaning of appeal?

noun

• Earnest or urgent request.
  • usage: "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
  • synonyms: entreaty, prayer
• Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates.
  • usage: "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
  • synonyms: appealingness, charm
• 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. (
  • usage: "their appeal was denied in the superior court"
• Request for a sum of money.
  • usage: "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
  • synonyms: solicitation, collection, ingathering

verb

• Take a court case to a higher court for review.
  • usage: "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
• Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.
  • usage: "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
  • synonyms: invoke
• Be attractive to.
  • usage: "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
  • synonyms: attract
• Challenge (a decision. )
  • usage: "She appealed the verdict"
• Cite as an authority; resort to.
  • usage: "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
  • synonyms: invoke