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Definition of invite :
1. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
2. 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.
3. To give invitation.
4. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
Synonyms:
ingest, gather in, ask over, persuade, pay for, encourage, ply, invitation, befool, court, ask, earn, ask in, soak up, gain, find, assimilate, suggest, put on, catch, involve, meet, incur, fool, pull in, take, warn, cod, propose, repulse, beckon, suck up, need, obtain, encounter, see, collect, suck, put one over, press, bespeak, prevail on, provoke, importune, overhear, conjure, get, consume, sue, receive, ask round, view, make, call for, pray, ask for, experience, dupe, sop up, have, take up, crave, welcome, absorb, require, necessitate, realize, postulate, take in, influence, suck in, watch, induce, realise, insist, adjure, slang, imbibe, quest, put one across, clear, discourage, gull, gather up, call, bring in, adopt, pick up
attract (part of speech: verb)
drag, pull, allure, draw, enchant, captivate, seduce, charm, magnetize, engross, lure, attract
appeal (part of speech: verb)
beg, appeal, greet, entreat, apply, address, petition, entice, plead, request, solicit, supplicate, approach, buttonhole, beseech, accost, implore
offer (part of speech: verb)
endow, cite, quote, offer, issue, attempt, give, advance, deal, extend, submit, impart, grant, bestow, tender, present, render, bid
request (part of speech: verb)
query, want, demand, question, requisition, inquire, wish, probe, urge, seek, summon, desire
seduce (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
- Mrs. Marchmont could not do less than invite Paul to stay a few days at the Towers. - "John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume I (of 3)", Mary E. Braddon.
- You can change your dress and we'll go get Manuel, so he'll invite us out to supper." - "Their Son; The Necklace", Eduardo Zamacois.
- What if he should suspect her of having asked Mr. Amherst to invite him? - "Molly Bawn", Margaret Wolfe Hamilton.