invitation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: invitation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for invitation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
invitation n a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away" a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invitation \In`vita"tion\, n. [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See {Invite}.] 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 friend. 2. A document written or printed, or spoken words, [?]onveying the message by which one is invited. 3. Allurement; enticement. [R.] She gives the leer of invitation. --Shak.