invite

To ask for the presence or participation of.

To request formally.

To welcome; encourage.

To tend to bring on; provoke.

To entice; tempt.

An invitation.

An invitation.

To solicit to come, attend, or do something; request the presence, company, or action of; summon because of desire, favor, or courtesy: as, to invite a friend to dinner; to invite one to dance.

To present allurement or incitement to; draw on or induce by temptation; solicit; incite.

Synonyms Convoke, Bid, etc. See call.