1. (

• appeal

) take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately" ;

2. (

• appeal ,
• invoke ,

) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" ;

3. (

• attract ,
• appeal

) be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" ;

4. (

• appeal ,

) challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict" ;

5. (

• invoke ,
• appeal ,

) cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" ;

1. (

• appealing

) able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing" ;

2. (

• sympathetic ,
• appealing ,
• likeable ,
• likable ,

) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play" ;