What is the meaning of the word "appeal"?

Definitions:

(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 noun
- their appeal was denied in the superior court
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates noun
- Your smile was part of your appeal to them.
request for a sum of money noun
- an appeal to raise money for starving children
to be attractive to verb
- The idea of a vacation appeals to me.
to challenge a decision verb
- They appealed the verdict.
to cite as an authority verb
- I appealed to a prestigious reference work.
to request earnestly verb
- I appealed for leniency.
to take a court case to a higher court for review verb
- They were found guilty but appealed immediately.