3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
Syn. — To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.
Invite
(In*vite"), v. i. To give invitation. Milton.
Invitement
(In*vite"ment) n. Invitation. [Obs.] Chapman.
Inviter
(In*vit"er) n. One who, or that which, invites.
Invitiate
(In*vi"ti*ate) a. Not vitiated. Lowell.
Inviting
(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.
Invitrifiable
(In*vit"ri*fi`a*ble) a. Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. Kirwan.
Invocate
(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. Invocation
(In`vo*ca"tion) n. [F. invocation, L. invocatio.]
1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn
entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.
Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical!
Shak.
The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is divided between the two deities.
Addison. 2. (Law) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or
evidence into court.
Invocatory
(In"vo*ca*to*ry) a. Making or containing invocation; invoking.
Invoice
(In"voice`) n. [F. envois things sent, goods forwarded, pl. of envoi a sending or things sent, fr.
envoyer to send; cf. F. lettre d'envoi letter of advice of goods forwarded. See Envoy.]
1. (Com.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee,
factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton.
2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
Invoice
(In"voice`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoiced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Invoicing ] To make a written list or
account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice.
Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway, and invoiced in the current dollar of Norway.
Madison. Invoke
(In*voke") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Invoking.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref.
in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf. Invocate.] To call on for aid or protection; to
