Appeal means to ask, or address. If you appeal to someone's better nature, you're asking them for mercy. If a shirt doesn't appeal to you, you could also say it doesn't "speak" to you, or more simply, you don't like it.
To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.
Noun
(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 superio
Noun
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
Noun
request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
Noun
earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
Verb
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
Verb
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"
Verb
be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
Verb
take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
Verb
challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"
v. t.
To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an
inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on
account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say,
the cause was appealed from an inferior court.
v. t.
To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a
private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to
appeal a person of felony.
v. t.
To summon; to challenge.
v. t.
To invoke.
v. t.
To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to
a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for
decision.
v. t.
To call upon another to decide a question controverted,
to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I
appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call
on one for aid; to make earnest request.
v. t.
An application for the removal of a cause or suit from
an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.
v. t.
The mode of proceeding by which such removal is
effected.
v. t.
The right of appeal.
v. t.
An accusation; a process which formerly might be
instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime
demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than
for the offense against the public.
v. t.
An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his
accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See
Approvement.
v. t.
A summons to answer to a charge.
v. t.
A call upon a person or an authority for proof or
decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for
help or a favor; entreaty.
v. t.
Resort to physical means; recourse.
Appeal
Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.3.
Appeal
I appeal unto C'91sar.2.
I appeal to the Scriptures in the original.
They appealed to the sword.
Appeal
A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders.4.
Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms.
To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.
To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of re'89xamination of for decision.
An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re'89xamination or review.
Usage Examples
Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.
Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it.
Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.
Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.
And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced to create a new official faith and new moral principles which will be binding on its citizens.
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.
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Other Usage ExamplesI'm kind of a good girl - and I'm not. I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That's what the stories in my music do.
I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject.
I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me.
Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
I am looking for a character that connects to me on some level. It has to be about something, it has to have depth to it and it has to be about something. The story of the character and their relationship with the people and places around them appeal to me and are what I look for.
Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.
I've been out with some extremely beautiful women who have had no sex appeal whatsoever. It really is a lot more than skin deep.
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