DICTOMETER

APPEAL

(appeal, apelación, apelar, proclama, veto, anke, appell, appellere, innanking, opprop)

1. Synonyms:
   • Entreaty
   • Prayer
   • Appeal
   Definitions:
   • earnest or urgent request
   Examples:
   • An entreaty to stop the fighting
   • An appeal for help
   • An appeal to the public to keep calm
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Appeal
   • Appealingness
   • Charm
   Definitions:
   • attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
   Examples:
   • His smile was part of his appeal to her
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Appeal
   Definitions:
   • (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
   Examples:
   • Their appeal was denied in the superior court
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Solicitation
   • Appeal
   • Collection
   • Ingathering
   Definitions:
   • request for a sum of money
   Examples:
   • An appeal to raise money for starving children
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Appeal
   Definitions:
   • take a court case to a higher court for review
   Examples:
   • He was found guilty but appealed immediately
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Appeal
   • Invoke
   Definitions:
   • request earnestly (something from somebody)
   • ask for aid or protection
   Examples:
   • Appeal to somebody for help
   • Invoke God in times of trouble
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Attract
   • Appeal
   Definitions:
   • be attractive to
   Examples:
   • The idea of a vacation appeals to me
   • The beautiful garden attracted many people
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Appeal
   Definitions:
   • challenge (a decision)
   Examples:
   • She appealed the verdict
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Invoke
   • Appeal
   Definitions:
   • cite as an authority
   • resort to
   Examples:
   • He invoked the law that would save him
   • I appealed to the law of 1900
   • She invoked an ancient law