invite

To invite is defined as to make a request for or encourage something.

(verb)

See invite in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to ask courteously to come somewhere or do something; request the presence or participation of
to make a request for: to invite questions
to tend to bring on; give occasion for: action that invites scandal
to tempt; allure; entice

Origin: Fr inviter < L invitare < in-, in- + ? IE base *wei-, to go directly toward, chase after > L via & OE wæthan, to hunt

noun

Informal an invitation

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See invite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb in·vit·ed, in·vit·ing, in·vites

To ask for the presence or participation of: invite friends to dinner; invite writers to a conference.
To request formally: invited us to be seated.
To welcome; encourage: invite questions from the audience.
To tend to bring on; provoke: “Divisions at home would invite dangers from abroad” (John Jay).
To entice; tempt.