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1.nounAn application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.
2.nounThe mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
3.nounThe right of appeal.
4.nounAn accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.
5.nounAn accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
6.nounA summons to answer to a charge.
7.nounA call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty."He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival."
8.nounResort to physical means; recourse.
9.nounPower to attract or interest.
10.nounA call to or use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
11.verbTo call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.
12.verbTo call on (someone) for aid"I appeal to all of you to help the orphans."
13.verb(informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision.
14.verbTo be attractive."That idea appeals to me."
15.verbTo ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
16.verbTo accuse (someone of something).
17.verbTo summon; to challenge.
18.verbTo invoke (used with to).