Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inviting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inviting \In*vit"ing\, a.
Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Invite \In*vite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invited}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inviting}.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See {Vie}.]
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.

So many guests invite as here are writ. --Shak.

I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on
this. --Carlyle.

2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by
pleasure or hope; to attract.

To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. --Milton.

Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. --Dryden.

There no delusive hope invites despair. --Cowper.

3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.

Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract;
entice; persuade.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inviting
adj : attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer" [ant: {uninviting}]


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