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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Invite \In*vite"\, verb (used with an object) [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
invited
adjective
1: done by invitation [ant: {uninvited}]
2: freely permitted or invited; "invited guests" [syn: {wanted}]
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