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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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