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invite (v.)
Related entries & more "solicit to come," 1530s, a back-formation from invitation, or else from French inviter (15c.), from Latin invitare "to invite," also "to summon, challenge; to feast, to entertain," a word of uncertain origin. Related: Invited; inviting.
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invite (n.)"an invitation," 1650s, from invite (v.).
Related entries & more inviting (adj.)"attractive, alluring," c. 1600, present-participle adjective from invite (v.). Related: Invitingly.
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invitatory (adj.)
Related entries & more "using or containing invitation," 1640s, from Latin invitatorius "inviting," from invitat-, past-participle stem of invitare "to invite, treat, entertain" (see invitation).
advocacy (n.)"the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending," late 14c., from Old French avocacie "profession of an avocat" (14c.), from Medieval Latin advocatia, abstract noun from Latin advocat-, stem of advocare "to call, summon, invite" (see advocate (n.)).
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