n. 25B6; verb
police are appealing for information : ASK URGENTLY/EARNESTLY, make an urgent/earnest request, call, make a plea, plead.
Andrew appealed to me to help them : IMPLORE, beg, entreat, call on, plead with, exhort, ask, request, petition; formal adjure; poetic/literary beseech.
the thought of travelling appealed to me : ATTRACT, be attractive to, interest, take someone's fancy, fascinate, tempt, entice, allure, lure, draw, whet someone's appetite; informal float someone's boat.
25B6; noun
an appeal for help : PLEA, urgent/earnest request, entreaty, cry, call, petition, supplication, cri de cur; rare obsecration.
the cultural appeal of the island : ATTRACTION, attractiveness, allure, charm; fascination, magnetism, drawing power, pull.
the court allowed the appeal : RETRIAL, re-examination.