Meaning of INVITATION
| Pronunciation: | | `invi'teyshun
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- [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"
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| | See Also: | | allure, allurement, asking, bidding, invite, letter, missive, request, summons, temptingness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing or respond to an invitation in your dream, suggests that you need to join or incorporate certain characteristics into yourself |
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| Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | advance, agacerie, allure, allurement, appeal, approach, asking price, attraction, attractiveness, bait, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment, bid, biddance, bidding, blandishment, bribe, cajolery, call, calling, captivation, carrot, charisma, charm, charmingness, come-hither, draw, enchantment, encouragement, engraved invitation, enthrallment, enticement, entrapment, fascination, feeler, fillip, flirtation, forbidden fruit, glamour, incentive, incitement, inducement, interest, inveiglement, invite, lure, magnetism, offer, offering, overture, payment, percentage, persuasive, preliminary approach, presentation, proffer, profit, proposition, provocation, pull, request, reward, seducement, seduction, seductiveness, sex appeal, snaring, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, submission, suggestion, summons, sweetener, sweetening, tantalization, temptation, tentative approach, whet, winning ways, winsomeness, witchery, wooing |
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