1. (noun) entreaty, prayer, appeal
earnest or urgent request
Synonyms: entreaty, orison, prayer, supplication, ingathering, supplicant, collection, charm, appeal, petition, solicitation, appealingness
2. (noun) appeal, appealingness, charm
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
Synonyms: spell, appeal, entreaty, good luck charm, ingathering, collection, charm, prayer, magic spell, magical spell, solicitation, appealingness
3. (noun) appeal
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
Synonyms: prayer, ingathering, appealingness, collection, entreaty, charm, solicitation
4. (verb) solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
request for a sum of money
Synonyms: entreaty, aggregation, prayer, assemblage, ingathering, assembling, collection, charm, collecting, appeal, compendium, accumulation, solicitation, appealingness, allurement
5. (verb) appeal
take a court case to a higher court for review
Synonyms: invoke, attract
6. (verb) appeal, invoke
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
Synonyms: bring up, stir, arouse, raise, evoke, attract, put forward, appeal, conjure up, call down, invoke, call forth, conjure
7. (verb) attract, appeal
be attractive to
Synonyms: draw in, pull, invoke, draw, appeal, pull in, attract
8. (verb) appeal
challenge (a decision)
Synonyms: invoke, attract
9. (verb) invoke, appeal
cite as an authority; resort to
Synonyms: bring up, conjure up, stir, raise, evoke, attract, put forward, appeal, arouse, call down, invoke, call forth, conjure
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