Definitions for: Invitation


[n] a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"
[n] a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"



Webster (1913) Definition: In`vi*ta"tion, n. [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation.
See Invite.]
1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a
person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a
dinner, or to visit a friend.

2. A document written or printed, or spoken words, ?onveying
the message by which one is invited.

3. Allurement; enticement. [R.]

She gives the leer of invitation. --Shak.

See Also: allure, allurement, asking, bidding, invite, letter, missive, request, summons, temptingness

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