An earnest or urgent request, entreaty, or supplication.
A resort to a higher authority or greater power, as for sanction, corroboration, or a decision: an appeal to reason; an appeal to her listener's sympathy.
Law The transfer of a case from a lower to a higher court for a new hearing.
Law A case so transferred.
Law A request for a new hearing.
The power of attracting or of arousing interest: a city with special appeal for museumgoers.
To make an earnest or urgent request, as for help.
To have recourse, as for corroboration; resort: I appeal to your sense of justice.
Law To make or apply for an appeal.
To be attractive or interesting: The idea didn't appeal to me.
Law To transfer or apply to transfer (a case) to a higher court for rehearing.