invite

[verb in-vahyt; noun in-vahyt]

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verb (used with object), in·vit·ed, in·vit·ing.

to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
to request politely or formally: to invite donations.
to act so as to bring on or render probable: to invite accidents by fast driving.

to call forth or give occasion for: Those big shoes invite laughter.
to attract, allure, entice, or tempt.

verb (used without object), in·vit·ed, in·vit·ing.

to give invitation; offer attractions or allurements.

noun

Informal. an invitation.

Origin of invite

First recorded in 1525–35, invite is from the Latin word invītāre

Related formsin·vi·tee

[in-vi-tee, -vahy-] /ˌɪn vɪˈti, -vaɪ-/, nounin·vit·er, in·vi·tor, nounpre·in·vite, verb (used with object), pre·in·vit·ed, pre·in·vit·ing.qua·si-in·vit·ed, adjectivere·in·vite, verb, re·in·vit·ed, re·in·vit·ing.self-in·vit·ed, adjectiveun·in·vit·ed, adjective

Synonyms for invite

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1. bid. 2. solicit. 5. lure, draw.

Synonym study

1. See call.

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Related Words for uninvited

unwelcome, unsolicited, rejected, inadmissible, unasked, unpopular, undesired

Examples from the Web for uninvited

Contemporary Examples of uninvited

Uninvited strangers in hazmat suits could alarm even the stablest of communities.
The Fear That Killed Eight Ebola Workers
Abby Haglage
September 20, 2014
When you open a door like that, uninvited guests enter as well as the invited ones.
The McCain Defense Shouldn't Fly
Michael Tomasky
July 17, 2012
Uninvited, J Street came to Pittsburgh to undermine anti-occupation work.
Letter to the Editor on J Street
Sydney Levy
July 16, 2012
The guest list consists of, as one uninvited CEO put it, "The Triple-A list."
Chelsea Clinton's Big Day
The Daily Beast
July 31, 2010
Pawlenty said the speech raises questions of content and motive and is “uninvited”.
Flunk the Far Right
Mark McKinnon
September 7, 2009

Historical Examples of uninvited

But the newest visitor did not come, like the others, uninvited into the "private" room.
Shavings
Joseph C. Lincoln
Many of those who joined in it, uninvited, we did not even know.
My Reminiscences
Rabindranath Tagore
It was the uninvited visitor whom he had met in the plantation.
The Green Rust
Edgar Wallace
Then quite privately and uninvited, Jemmy Three began to think.
Judith Lynn
Annie Hamilton Donnell
All these cogitations because a woman had entered his life 223 uninvited!
The Pagan Madonna
Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for uninvited

uninvited

adjective

not having been inviteduninvited guests

invite

verb (ɪnˈvaɪt) (tr)

to ask (a person or persons) in a friendly or polite way (to do something, attend an event, etc)he invited them to dinner
to make a request for, esp publicly or formallyto invite applications
to bring on or provoke; give occasion foryou invite disaster by your actions
to welcome or tempt

noun (ˈɪnvaɪt)

an informal word for invitation

Derived Formsinviter, noun

Word Origin for invite

C16: from Latin invītāre to invite, entertain, from in- ² + -vītāre, probably related to Greek hiesthai to be desirous of

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Word Origin and History for uninvited

adj.

1630s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of invite (v.).

invite

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.

invite

1650s, from invite (v.).