invite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: invite	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for invite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
invite n a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party" v increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" Synonym(s): invite, ask for invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?" Synonym(s): invite, ask over, ask round give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" Synonym(s): tempt, invite ask someone in a friendly way to do something Synonym(s): invite, bid have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant" Synonym(s): invite, pay for ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee" Synonym(s): invite, ask in request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference" Synonym(s): invite, call for express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" Synonym(s): receive, take in, invite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invite \Invite"\, v. 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. --Shak. 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. 3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism. Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invite \In*vite"\, v. i. To give invitation. --Milton.