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Invite

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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Verb group 6

Bespeak 84% connected

To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bespeak 84% connected

To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Quest 84% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Quest 84% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Request 84% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Request 84% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 8

Absorb 76% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Allure 76% connected

To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assume 76% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Challenge 76% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Induct 76% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tempt 76% connected

To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Welcome 76% connected

Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bespeak 76% connected

To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elicit 76% connected

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enkindle 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excite 76% connected

To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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have 76% connected

of Have

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interact 76% connected

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Invitation 76% connected

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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kindle 76% connected

To bring forth young.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quest 76% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shake 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 14

Biddable 74% connected

Obedient; docile.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Biddable 74% connected

Obedient; docile.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Enticement 74% connected

The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Enticement 74% connected

The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Invitation 74% connected

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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Invitation 74% connected

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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Invitatory 74% connected

Using or containing invitations.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Invitatory 74% connected

Using or containing invitations.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Temptable 74% connected

Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Temptable 74% connected

Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tempter 74% connected

One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tempter 74% connected

One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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See also 2

Ask 66% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ask 66% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Bid 92% connected

of Bid

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Receive 92% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tempt 92% connected

To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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