Syn. -- To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice;
persuade.
In*vite", v. i. To give invitation. Milton.
In*vite"ment (?), n. Invitation. [Obs.] Chapman.
In*vit"er (?), n. One who, or that which, invites.
In*vi"ti*ate (?), a. Not vitiated. Lowell.
In*vit"ing (?), a. Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or
prospect.
Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm.
W. Irving.
-- In*vit"ing*ly, adv. -- In*vit"ing*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.
In*vit"ri*fi`a*ble (?), a. Not admitting of being vitrified, or
converted into glass. Kirwan.
In"vo*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Invocating (?).] [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See Invoke.] To
invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.
If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid.
Milton.