INVI'TE, verb transitive [Latin invito.]

1. To ask to do some act or to go to some place; to request the company of a person; as, to invite one to dine or sup; to invite friends to a wedding; to invite company to an entertainment; to invite one to an excursion into the country.

2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope.

--Shady groves, that easy sleep invite

3. To present should be in a situation not to invite hostilities.