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Webster 1913 Edition
Invitation
1.
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person’s company;
as, an
. invitation
to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend2.
A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited.
3.
Allurement; enticement.
[R.]
She gives the leer of
invitation
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Invitation
INVITA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
invitation
invitation
English
Noun
invitation (plural invitations)
- The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
- an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
- A written or printed document conveying a message of invitation
- We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.
- A verbal message conveying an invitation
- Allurement; enticement.
- (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
Synonyms
- (solicitation): invitement (obsolete)
Translations
act of inviting
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document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
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allurement; enticement
fencing: line left open