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Invite   /ɪnvˈaɪt/   Listen
Invite

verb
(past & past part. invited; pres. part. inviting)
1.
Increase the likelihood of.  Synonym: ask for.  "Invite criticism"
2.
Invite someone to one's house.  Synonyms: ask over, ask round.
3.
Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting.  Synonym: tempt.
4.
Ask someone in a friendly way to do something.  Synonym: bid.
5.
Have as a guest.  Synonym: pay for.
6.
Ask to enter.  Synonym: ask in.
7.
Request the participation or presence of.  Synonym: call for.
8.
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs.  Synonyms: receive, take in.
noun
1.
A colloquial expression for invitation.



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"Invite" Quotes from Famous Books



... earth have you been sending out invitations without telling me, Rosamond? I beg, I insist that you will not invite any one to this house. I suppose you have been inviting others, and they have refused ...
— Middlemarch • George Eliot
... to be able to publish so many stories by eminent authors, but we should like to get more good stories from writers whose fame is yet to be made. We therefore announce a liberal policy in regard to payment, and invite contributions from every one who can write a good story. The scale of payment will be such as to please every contributor, whether ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 • Various
... student is at the same time carrying one or more technical studies. For these reasons it is necessary to make the later years of the curriculum nearly wholly technical, which makes specialization possible, if it does not invite it. ...
— College Teaching - Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College • Paul Klapper
... time I was performing the ceremony, a tall, stately man, in a white mantle, standing opposite to me, looking in at the window. He must be still waiting before the door, if peradventure you would invite ...
— Undine - I • Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
... reform, and especially on the 30th December last, when he promised reforms in education and franchise; and grave dissatisfaction would be excited if you left Pretoria without a clear understanding on these points. Her Majesty's Government invite President Kruger, in the interests of the South African Republic and of peace, to make a full declaration on these matters. I am also awaiting a reply respecting the alleged wholesale arrests of ...
— The Transvaal from Within - A Private Record of Public Affairs • J. P. Fitzpatrick


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