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appeal

noun
  1. An earnest or urgent request: entreaty, imploration, plea, prayer 1, supplication. See ask
  2. An application to a higher authority, as for sanction or a decision: petition. Law: prayer 1. See ask, law
  3. The power or quality of attracting: allure, allurement, attraction, attractiveness, call, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, lure, magnetism, witchery. Informal: pull. See like
verb
  1. To make an earnest or urgent request: beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, plead, pray, sue, supplicate. Archaic: conjure. See ask
  2. To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of: address, apply, approach, petition. Obsolete: sue. See request
  3. Law. To make application to a higher authority, as to a court of law: petition. Law: sue. See law
  4. To direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action: allure, attract, draw, entice, lure, magnetize, take. Informal: pull. See like

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