Part 6051

<blockquote>Shady groves, that easy sleep <b>invite</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There no delusive hope <b>invites</b> despair. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give occasion for; <as>as, to <ex>invite</ex> criticism</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.</syn>

<h1>Invite</h1> <Xpage=786>

<hw>In*vite"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To give invitation.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Invitement</h1> <Xpage=786>

<hw>In*vite"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Invitation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Inviter</h1> <Xpage=786>

<hw>In*vit"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, invites.</def>

<h1>Invitiate</h1> <Xpage=786>

<hw>In*vi"ti*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not vitiated.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Inviting</h1> <Xpage=786>

<hw>In*vit"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Alluring; tempting; <as>as, an <ex>inviting</ex> amusement or prospect</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Nothing is so easy and <b>inviting</b> as the retort of abuse and sarcasm. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*vit"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In*vit"ing*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Invitrifiable</h1> <Xpage=786>

<hw>In*vit"ri*fi`a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass.</def>

<i>Kirwan.</i>

<h1>Invocate</h1> <Xpage=786>

<hw>In"vo*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Invocated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Invocating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>invocatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>invocare</ets>. See <er>Invoke</er>.]</ety> <def>To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.</def>

<blockquote>If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, <b>invocate</b> his aid. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Invocation</h1> <Xpage=786>

<hw>In`vo*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>invocation</ets>, L. <ets>invocatio</ets>.]</ety>