invite
See also: invité
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French inviter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin invītō.
Pronunciation
Verb
invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)
- (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
- (transitive) To request formally.
- I invite you all to be seated.
- (transitive) To encourage.
- I always invite criticism of my definitions.
- Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
- 1902, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address
- The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
- (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- to inveigle and invite the unwary sense
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- shady groves, that easy sleep invite
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- There no delusive hope invites despair.
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Synonyms
- (ask for the presence or participation of): ask out
- (request formally): ask, beseech, entreat, request
- (encourage): ask for, encourage, provoke
Translations
ask for the presence or participation of someone
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request formally
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encourage — see encourage
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Etymology 2
From the verb invite.
Pronunciation
Noun
invite (plural invites)
- (informal) An invitation.
Translations
(informal) invitation
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Asturian
Verb
(deprecated template usage) invite
French
Verb
invite
- inflection of inviter:
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) invīte
References
- “invite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “invite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- invite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Verb
invite
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