Appeal one way or the other (5)

I believe the answer is:

refer

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'appeal' is the definition.
(I know that appeal is a more specific form of the action refer)

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(Other definitions for refer that I've seen before include "Make allusion, direct attention with words" , "Make allusion, or turn to for information" , "Turn to (for information, authorisation etc)" , "Allude, assign" , "Allude (to something)" .)

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