invitev. t.[L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See Vie.]()1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.()So many guests invite as here are writ. (Shak.)I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this. (Carlyle.)2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.()To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. (Milton.)Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. (Dryden.)There no delusive hope invites despair. (Cowper.)3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.()()v. i. To give invitation.(Milton.)