appeal meaning
appeal. 1  a call upon some authority or person for a decision, opinion, etc. 2  an urgent request for help, sympathy, etc. 3  a quality in a person or thing that arouses interest, sympathy, desire, etc.; attraction. 4  Obs. an accusation. 5  Law the submission of a lower court's ruling, verdict, etc. to a higher court for review. a request for this.