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inviting
(encz) | inviting,lákavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inviting
(encz) | inviting,přitažlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inviting
(encz) | inviting,zvoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Inviting
(gcide) | Invite \In*vite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invited; p. pr. & vb.
n. Inviting.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See Vie.]
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1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some
act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment
or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to
dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.
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So many guests invite as here are writ. --Shak.
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I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on
this. --Carlyle.
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2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by
pleasure or hope; to attract.
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To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. --Milton.
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Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. --Dryden.
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There no delusive hope invites despair. --Cowper.
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3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract;
entice; persuade.
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Inviting
(gcide) | Inviting \In*vit"ing\, a.
Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.
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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.
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inviting
(wn) | inviting
adj 1: attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer" [ant:
uninviting] |
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inviting
(encz) | inviting,lákavý adj: Zdeněk Brožinviting,přitažlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožinviting,zvoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
invitingly
(encz) | invitingly,přitažlivě adv: Zdeněk Brožinvitingly,svůdně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
uninviting
(encz) | uninviting,nelákavý adj: Zdeněk Brožuninviting,nevábný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Invitingly
(gcide) | Inviting \In*vit"ing\, a.
Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.
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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.
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Invitingness
(gcide) | Inviting \In*vit"ing\, a.
Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.
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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.
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Uninviting
(gcide) | Uninviting \Uninviting\
See inviting. |
inviting
(wn) | inviting
adj 1: attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer" [ant:
uninviting] |
invitingly
(wn) | invitingly
adv 1: in a tantalizing manner; "she smiled at him
tantalizingly" [syn: tantalizingly, invitingly] |
uninviting
(wn) | uninviting
adj 1: neither attractive nor tempting [ant: inviting]
2: not tempting [syn: uninviting, untempting] |
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