appeal
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- n earnest or urgent request
an appeal for help
an appeal to the public to keep calm - n attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
his smile was part of his appeal to her - n (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 - n request for a sum of money
an appeal to raise money for starving children - v take a court case to a higher court for review
He was found guilty but appealed immediately - v request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
appeal to somebody for help - v be attractive to
The idea of a vacation appeals to me - v challenge (a decision)
She appealed the verdict - v cite as an authority; resort to
I appealed to the law of 1900
- Judge Sharon Keller allegedly slammed the door on the last-minute appeal of a man on death row.
- After an appeal by the former Congressman's spurned first wife, the Vatican reverses a controversial annulment.
- The youth appeal of Barack Obama was evident in the big crowds he drew as he campaigned across Iowa.