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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
appeal/əˈpiːl/
▶verb
  • 1 make a serious or heartfelt request.

    ■ Cricket (of the bowler or fielders) call on the umpire to declare a batsman out.

  • 2 Law apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.
  • 3 (usu. appeal to) be attractive or interesting.
▶noun
  • 1 an act of appealing.
  • 2 Law an application to a higher court for a decision to be reversed.
  • 3 the quality of being attractive or interesting.
– derivatives
appealable adjective,
appealer noun,
appealing adjective,
appealingly adverb.
– origin ME (in legal contexts): from OFr. apel (n.), apeler (v.), from L. appellare ‘to address’.



'appeal' also found in these Oxford entries:
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Collocations for "appeal"
conditional sentence: I would never want anyone to lose their appeal if they hadn't done what they'd been convicted of doing.
Crossover appeal
don't appeal to take things personally [appear]
eclectic appeal
from which is no appeal but to force...
Get popular appeal
humanitarian appeal for the occupants
I was aware of the two Queen’s Bench decisions in Sherwood but I was not aware of the Court of Appeal’s decision.
increasing appeal?
intuitive appeal
Invoke/appeal to
Is "contest the charges" the same meaning with "appeal" ?
leisurely work .. appeal too many
lodge an appeal or make an appeal?
lose appeal or pique interest
maintained on appeal
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