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Webster 1913 Edition


Invite

In-vite′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Invited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inviting
.]
[L.
invitare
: cf. F.
inviter
. See
Vie
.]
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.
Shakespeare
I
invite
his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this.
Carlyle.
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.
Milton.
Shady groves, that easy sleep
invite
.
Dryden.
There no delusive hope
invites
despair.
Cowper.
Syn. – To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.

In-vite′

,
Verb.
I.
To give invitation.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Invite

INVI'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. invito.]
1.
To ask to do some act or to go to some place; to request the company of a person; as, to invite one to dine or sup; to invite friends to a wedding; to invite company to an entertainment; to invite one to an excursion into the country.
2.
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope.
--Shady groves, that easy sleep invite.
3.
To present should be in a situation not to invite hostilities.

Definition 2024


invité

invité

See also: invite

Asturian

Verb

invité

  1. first-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of invitar

French

Noun

invité m (plural invités, feminine invitée)

  1. guest (person who is invited)

Verb

invité m (feminine singular invitée, masculine plural invités, feminine plural invitées)

  1. past participle of inviter

Adjective

invité m (feminine singular invitée, masculine plural invités, feminine plural invitées)

  1. invited

Spanish

Verb

invité

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of invitar.