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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.

In*vite", v. i. To give invitation. Milton.

In*vite"ment (?), n. Invitation. [Obs.] Chapman.

In*vit"er (?), n. One who, or that which, invites.

In*vi"ti*ate (?), a. Not vitiated. Lowell.

In*vit"ing (?), a. Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.

Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm.

W. Irving.

-- In*vit"ing*ly, adv. -- In*vit"ing*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.

In*vit"ri*fi`a*ble (?), a. Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. Kirwan.

In"vo*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Invocating (?).] [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See Invoke.] To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.

If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid.

Milton.

In`vo*ca"tion (?), n. [F. invocation, L. invocatio.]

1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.

Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical!

Shak.

The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is divided between the two deities.

Addison.

2. (Law) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.

In"vo*ca*to*ry (?), a. Making or containing invocation; invoking.

In"voice` (?), n. [F. envois things sent, goods forwarded, pl. of envoi a sending or things sent, fr. envoyer to send; cf. F. lettre d'envoi letter of advice of goods forwarded. See Envoy.]

1. (Com.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton.

2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

In"voice`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoiced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Invoicing (?).] To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice.