n.

1. earnest or urgent request;
   entreaty, prayer
   
   • an entreaty to stop the fighting
   • an appeal for help
   • an appeal to the public to keep calm
2. attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;
   appealingness, charm
   
   • his smile was part of his appeal to her
3. (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 court
4. request for a sum of money;
   solicitation, collection, ingathering
   
   • an appeal to raise money for starving children

v.

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