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verb

Invite v. t. (past & past part. invited; pres. part. inviting)

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." "I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this."

To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract. "To inveigle and invite the unwary sense." "Shady groves, that easy sleep invite." "There no delusive hope invites despair."

To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.

Synonyms: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.

Invite v. i. To give invitation.

adjective

Inviting adj. Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect. "Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm."

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"Inviting" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Not inviting at present," said I, as we slowly toiled up the mound, for we were weary, having walked about twenty miles, weighted with heavy flannel-lined deerskin-coats, blankets, and cooking utensils, besides a small quantity of pemmican, sugar, tea, and ship's biscuit, axes and firebags. It is true, ...

— The Big Otter • R.M. Ballantyne

... tired, his face throbbed and ached painfully, and it was a sight to see. His bed never had looked so inviting, and never had the chance to sleep been further away. With a sigh, he buttoned his coat, twisted an old scarf around his neck, and started for the barn. There was going to be a black frost. The cold seemed to pierce him. He hitched to the single buggy, and drove to town. He went ...

— At the Foot of the Rainbow • Gene Stratton-Porter

... to the Presidency. Both had supported Mr. Lincoln, and both now resolved to oppose the Republican party. General Ewing's loss was regretted by a large number of friends. He had inherited talent and capacity of a high order, was rapidly rising in his profession, and seemed destined to an inviting political career in the party to which he had belonged from its first organization. In supporting the policy of President Johnson he made a large sacrifice,—large enough certainly to free his action from the slightest suspicion of any other motive ...

— Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) • James Gillespie Blaine

... insisted on bringing it even into politics. She wanted to hear more—much more now—about his surrender, and recognized as a new tribute to Harry the fact that she could not question him. Immediately she conceived the idea of inviting him to dinner to meet Mr Disney; but of course that must wait for ...

— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope

... territory of many of them became the high road of more advanced peoples. A glance at the map will show that the easiest line of expansion for a growing people was westward. The ocean lay to the right of the Babylonians, and the country north and south was not inviting. The calmer Mediterranean with its fertile shores was the appointed field of expansion. The land route from Egypt lay, not to the dreary west in Africa, but along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, through Syria and Asia Minor. ...

— The Story of Evolution • Joseph McCabe

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