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invitate

invitate verb: to invite.

Verb

invitate (third-person singular simple present invitates, present participle invitating, simple past and past participle invitated)

  1. (nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To invite.
    • How so? I see no similiarities between the SB [Super Bowl] & potlatches. At potlatches a rich person invitates everyone else so he can give all his wealth away. SB seem more the opposite. :)1995 February 2, Michael Rogero Brown (Sys Admin), “Precursor of Super Bowl?”, in sci.anthropology (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026
    • Well, last night I was invitated to a friend's house (Lindy) for evening drinks. I've known this person since about 1982 when we worked at a record store together with another person (Robin) who was invitated also.1999 November 26, Nese, “Doing my part,”, in alt.music.cheap-trick (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026

Forms of invitate

third-person singular presentinvitates
present participleinvitating
past participleinvitated
pastinvitated

Origin of invitate

Back-formation from invitation.

Questions about invitate

What does invitate mean?
Invitate means to invite.
What part of speech is invitate?
Invitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of invitate?
The past tense of invitate is invitated.

Words near invitate in the dictionary

  1. invisiblizing
  2. invisibly
  3. inviso
  4. invitable
  5. invital
  6. invitate
  7. invitated
  8. invitates
  9. invitating
  10. invitation
  11. invitation envelope

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