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Webster 1913 Edition
Invite
In-vite′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Invited
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inviting
.] 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 excursionSo many guests
invite
as here are writ. Shakespeare
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.
Syn. – To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.
In-vite′
,Verb.
I.
To give invitation.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Invite
INVI'TE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To ask to do some act or to go to some place; to request the company of a person; as, to invite one to dine or sup; to invite friends to a wedding; to invite company to an entertainment; to invite one to an excursion into the country.2.
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope. --Shady groves, that easy sleep invite.
3.
To present should be in a situation not to invite hostilities.Definition 2024
invite
invite
See also: invité
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭnvīt', IPA(key): /ɪnˈvaɪt/
- Rhymes: -aɪt
Verb
invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)
- (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
- (transitive) To request formally.
- I invite you all to be seated.
- (transitive) To encourage.
- I always invite criticism of my definitions.
- Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
- 1902, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address
- The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
- (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
- Milton
- to inveigle and invite the unwary sense
- Dryden
- shady groves, that easy sleep invite
- Cowper
- There no delusive hope invites despair.
- Milton
Synonyms
- (ask for the presence or participation of): ask out
- (request formally): ask, beseech, entreat, request
- (encourage): ask for, encourage, provoke
Translations
ask for the presence or participation of someone
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request formally
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encourage — see encourage
Etymology 2
From the verb invite.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭn'vīt, IPA(key): /ˈɪnvaɪt/
Noun
invite (plural invites)
- (informal) An invitation.
Translations
(informal) invitation
Asturian
Verb
invite
- first-person singular present subjunctive of invitar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar
French
Verb
invite
- first-person singular present indicative of inviter
- third-person singular present indicative of inviter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of inviter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of inviter
- second-person singular imperative of inviter
Latin
Adjective
invīte
- vocative masculine singular of invītus
References
- invite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- invite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “invite”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.