3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invite \In*vite"\, v. i.
To give invitation. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invite \In*vite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invited}; p. pr & vb
n. {Inviting}.] [L. invitare: cf F. inviter. See {Vie}.]
1. To ask to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some
act or go to some place esp., to ask to an entertainment
or visit; to request the company of as to invite to
dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.
So many guests invite as here are writ. --Shak.
I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on
this --Carlyle.
2. To allure; to draw to to tempt to come to induce by
pleasure or hope; to attract.
To inveigle and invite the unwary sense --Milton.
Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. --Dryden.
There no delusive hope invites despair. --Cowper.
3. To give occasion for as to invite criticism.
Syn: To solicit; bid; call ask summon; allure; attract;
entice; persuade.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
invite
n : a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no
invite to the party"
v 1: increase the likelihood of "ask for trouble"; "invite
criticism" [syn: {ask for}]
2: invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner
on Sunday night?" [syn: {ask over}, {ask round}]
3: give rise to a desire [syn: {tempt}]
4: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: {bid}]
5: have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant" [syn: {pay
for}]
6: ask to enter "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of
coffee" [syn: {ask in}]
7: request the participation or presence of "The organizers
invite submissions of papers for the conference" [syn: {call
for}]
8: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The
community warmly received the refugees" [syn: {receive}, {take
in}]
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