appeal
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(verb) request earnestly (something from somebody); "appeal to somebody for help" |
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Related Words: appeal to, bespeak, call for, call on, call upon, go to, plead, quest, request, turn to |
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(noun) 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 |
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Related Words: judicial proceeding, legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings |
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(verb) take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately" |
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Related Words: challenge |
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(verb) take proceedings to have (a case) reheard in a higher court; "The case was appealed immediately after the verdict" |
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Related Words: go, move, proceed |
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(verb) challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict" |
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Related Words: challenge, take exception |
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(noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates |
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Synonyms: appealingness, charm |
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Related Words: attractiveness, winsomeness |
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(verb) cite as an authority: "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900" |
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Synonyms: invoke |
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Related Words: advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer |
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(verb) be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" |
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Synonyms: attract |
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Related Words: becharm, beckon, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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(noun) request for a sum of money (as in church) |
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Synonyms: collection, ingathering, solicitation |
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Related Words: petition, request, whip-round |
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(noun) earnest or urgent request |
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Synonyms: entreaty, prayer |
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Related Words: asking, courting, courtship, demagoguery, demagogy, plea, request, solicitation, suing, suit, supplication, wooing |
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