invite

invite
    n 1: 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: {invite}, {ask for}]
    2: invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner
       on Sunday night?" [syn: {invite}, {ask over}, {ask round}]
    3: give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the
       window displays tempted the shoppers" [syn: {tempt},
       {invite}]
    4: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: {invite},
       {bid}]
    5: have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant" [syn:
       {invite}, {pay for}]
    6: ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of
       coffee" [syn: {invite}, {ask in}]
    7: request the participation or presence of; "The organizers
       invite submissions of papers for the conference" [syn:
       {invite}, {call for}]
    8: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The
       community warmly received the refugees" [syn: {receive},
       {take in}, {invite}]
    

Invite \In*vite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invited}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Inviting}.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See {Vie}.]
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   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.
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            So many guests invite as here are writ. --Shak.
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            I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on
            this.                                 --Carlyle.
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   2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by
      pleasure or hope; to attract.
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            To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. --Milton.
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            Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. --Dryden.
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            There no delusive hope invites despair. --Cowper.
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   3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.

   Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract;
        entice; persuade.
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Invite \In*vite"\, v. i.
   To give invitation. --Milton.
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65 Moby Thesaurus words for "invite":
      abet, acquire, affect the interest, aid and abet, appeal, ask,
      ask for, attract, be attractive, be responsible for, beckon, bid,
      bid come, biddance, bidding, bring down, bring on, bring upon,
      call, call in, calling, concern, contract, countenance, court,
      encourage, engage, engraved invitation, entice, excite,
      excite interest, fall in with, fall into, fascinate, feed, fetch,
      foster, gain, get, give encouragement, incur, interest, inveigle,
      invitation, involve in, issue an invitation, keep in countenance,
      lure, nourish, nurture, pique, provoke, run, solicit, stimulate,
      summon, summons, tantalize, tease, tempt, tickle, titillate,
      welcome, whet the appetite, woo