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What does appeal mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word appeal? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).
  2. (transitive, law, chiefly US, 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.
  3. (intransitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.
  4. (intransitive) To call on (someone) for aid
  5. (intransitive) To be attractive.
  6. (intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
  7. To summon; to challenge.
  8. To invoke.
Noun
  1. (law)
    1. An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.
    2. The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
    3. The right of appeal.
    4. An 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. An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
  2. A summons to answer to a charge.
  3. A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty.
    1. (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
  4. Resort to physical means; recourse.
  5. The power to attract or interest.
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