Antonyms for invite

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb in-vahyt; noun in-vahyt

Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪnˈvaɪt; noun ˈɪn vaɪt

Definition of invite

Origin : 1530s, a back-formation from invitation, or else from Middle French inviter (5c.), from Latin invitare. As a noun variant of invitation it is attested from 1650s. Related: Invited; inviting.

verb ask to do something socially

Example sentences :

"She might have been polite enough to invite me in," said Halbert, with chagrin.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

The Republic summons them to their duty, and I invite co-operation.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

If you really mean to be friends with me of course I must invite you to my home.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

If after I am free a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

I invite the reader to remark this road, for it is historic.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

But a minute ago you had the goodness to invite me to smoke.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

Sometimes they slay their own wives, and invite their neighbours to the repast.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

Perhaps so on our side, not on his—or why does he invite us?
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Manifest no distrust, or you may invite the danger you appear to apprehend.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

You'll like to have a real home table, and you can invite company every day, if you say so.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for invite

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