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
- "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
- allure
- appeal to
- attract
- beg
- bid
- bring on
- call
- command
- countenance
- court
- draw
- encourage
- entice
- entreat
- give invitation
- have in
- have over
- include as guest
- insist
- inveigle
- invitation
- issue
- lead
- lure
- persuade
- petition
- ply
- pray
- press
- prevail on
- propose
- provoke
- request
- send invitation
- solicit
- suggest
- summon
- supplicate
- tempt
- toll
- urge
- vamp
- welcome
- woo
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