Invite /(?)/

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 excursion.

   So many guests invite as here are writ.

   I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this.

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.

   Shady groves, that easy sleep invite.

   There no delusive hope invites despair.

3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.

1. To give invitation.