appeal
/əˈpiːl/ verb [I]Definition
REQUEST › to strongly request something, often publicly: The police have appealed for more information. They appealed to the commission to keep the hospital open.
ATTRACT › to attract or interest someone: Cycling has never appealed to me.
FORMALLY ASK › to formally ask someone to change an official or legal decision: He is appealing against a ten-year prison sentence.
(Definition of appeal verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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