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2 definitions found 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]: invited adj 1: done by invitation [ant: {uninvited}] 2: freely permitted or invited; "invited guests" [syn: {wanted}]
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