appeal

ot noun

1. A 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.
2. An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.
3. The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
4. The right of appeal.

fe’l verb

1. To call on (someone) for aid I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.
2. To be attractive. That idea appeals to me.
3. To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.
4. (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.