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appeal
A	noun
	1	appeal
			(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
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚due process; due process of law ╚proceeding; legal proceeding; proceedings ╚appeal
	2	appeal, appealingness, charm
			attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚appearance; visual aspect ╚beauty ╚attractiveness ╚appeal, appealingness, charm ╚winsomeness ╚siren call; siren song
	3	solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
			request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚request; petition; postulation ╚solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering ╚whip-round
	4	entreaty, prayer, appeal
			earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚request; asking ╚entreaty, prayer, appeal ╚courtship; wooing; courting; suit ╚suit ╚solicitation ╚supplication; plea ╚demagoguery; demagogy ╚adjuration
B	verb
	1	appeal, invoke
			request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚appeal, invoke ╚call on; turn ╚plead
	2	invoke, appeal
			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"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚associate; tie in; relate; link; colligate; link up; connect ╚think of; have in mind; mean ╚mention; advert; bring up; cite; name; refer ╚invoke, appeal
	3	attract, appeal
			be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"

	4	appeal
			take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚ask ╚request ╚invite; bid ╚challenge ╚appeal
	5	appeal
			challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚disapprove; reject ╚object ╚challenge; take exception ╚appeal

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