invitation
(noun) a tempting allurement; “she was an invitation to trouble”
invitation
(noun) a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; “an invitation to lunch”; “she threw the invitation away”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
Allurement; enticement.
(fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
(Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
(bridge)
• (solicitation): invitement (obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary
In`vi*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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,
3. Allurement; enticement. [R.] She gives the leer of invitation. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
