invitest

Verb

invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)

1. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
   • We invited our friends round for dinner.

   Synonyms:

   ask out, ask

2. (transitive) To request formally.
   • I invite you all to be seated.

   Synonyms:

   ask, beseech, entreat, request

3. (transitive) To encourage.
   • Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

   Synonyms:

   ask for, encourage, provoke

4. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
   • to inveigle and invite th' unwary sense1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

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