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invite

See also: invité

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

invite ‎(third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)

  1. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
    We invited our friends round for dinner.
  2. (transitive) To request formally.
    I invite you all to be seated.
  3. (transitive) To encourage.
    I always invite criticism of my definitions.
    Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
  4. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
    • Milton
      to inveigle and invite the unwary sense
    • Dryden
      shady groves, that easy sleep invite
    • Cowper
      There no delusive hope invites despair.

SynonymsEdit

TranslationsEdit

encourage — see encourage
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NounEdit

invite ‎(plural invites)

  1. (informal) An invitation.

TranslationsEdit

AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

invite

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of invitar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar

FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

invite

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inviter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of inviter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inviter
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of inviter
  5. second-person singular imperative of inviter

LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

invīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of invītus

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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

invite

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of invitar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of invitar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of invitar.
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Last edited on 26 September 2016, at 04:20