0 a request to the public for money, information, or help:
1 a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision:
2 the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting:
3 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.
4 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:
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.