Both Uses
appeal
in
Tuck Everlasting
(Edited)
- "Of course, if the idea doesn't appeal to you," he said, blinking rapidly, "you needn't be in on it."
p. 98.7appeal = feel desirable
- Children are much more appealing, anyway.
p. 100.3 *appealing = desirable
Definitions:
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(1)
(appeal as in: appealed for help) a request or the act of asking -- sometimes specifically for help or that a decision be overturned
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(2)
(appeal as in: appeals to youthful tastes) attractiveness or desirability; or to be attractive or desirable
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)