Meaning of appealed In English

• 0 past participle, past simple of appeal

• 1 to make a serious or formal request, especially to the public, for money, information, or help:

  • They're appealing for clothes and blankets to send to the devastated region.

  • The police are appealing to the public for any information about the missing girl.

  • I tried to appeal to (= ask for support based on) his sense of loyalty, stressing how good the company had been to him.

  • [ + to infinitive ] Church leaders have appealed to the government to halt the war.

• 2 to request a higher court of law to consider again a decision made by a lower court, especially in order to reduce or prevent a punishment:

  • The teenager has been given leave (= allowed) by the High Court to appeal against her two-year sentence.

  • They're appealing to the court to reduce the sentence to a fine.

  • The parents appealed against the school's decision not to admit the child.

  • The players appealed to the referee for a free kick.

• 3 to interest or attract someone:

  • It's a programme designed to appeal mainly to 16 to 25-year-olds.

  • I think what appeals to me about his painting is his use of colour.

  • UK I haven't been skiing - it's never really appealed.