Invite

[imp. & p. p. INVITED; p. pr. & vb. n. INVITING.] [Lat. & It. invitare, Sp. invitar, Fr. inviter.]

1Sense 1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; especially, to ask to an entertainment or visit; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.

So many guests invite as here are writ. Shak.

2Sense 2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope. “To inveigle and invite the unwary sense.” Milton.

Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. Dryden.

Synonyms—To solicit; bid; call; summon; allure; attract; entice.

To ask or call to any thing pleasing. Milton.