Encite vs Invite - What's the difference?
encite | invite |
As verbs the difference between encite and invite is that encite is while invite is .
encite English
Verb
(encit)
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invite English
Verb
To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
To request formally.
- I invite you all to be seated.
To encourage.
- I always invite criticism of my definitions.
- Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
* 1902 , Roosevelt,
- The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
* Milton
- to inveigle and invite the unwary sense
* Dryden
- shady groves, that easy sleep invite
* Cowper
- There no delusive hope invites despair.
Synonyms
* (ask for the presence or participation of) ask out
* (request formally) ask, beseech, entreat, request
* (encourage) ask for, encourage, provoke
Noun
( en noun)
(informal) An invitation.
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