Verb (used with object) : to invite friends to dinner. ,to invite donations. ,to invite accidents by fast driving. ,Those big shoes invite laughter.    From Dictionary.com. 

Multiple times there's been Rough Trade festivals with every band on the label invited to play except us!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fall online - latest Fall News] Reference

The call invited "all friends of temperance" to be present.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years] Reference

But being invited is very far from feeling like you belong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lily Blau: Fashion and Faith: God, Gucci, and What Happened Along the Way] Reference

A good sign; a man who offered his name invited conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolves Eat Dogs]

It was a ticketed event and McCain invited his repub friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain campaign again challenges Obama over town halls] Reference

The call invited “all friends of temperance” to be present.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Work of Susan B Anthony 01]

Maybe that is why THE word invited us to all drink from the same cup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Momma Lied To Me] Reference

For that reason, we invited from the Provinces their ideas in this connection.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Empire, Canada and the Provinces, 1949] Reference

In March 1935 I was again invited to address your Club on the Drought Area of the West.    From Wordnik.com.  [Food] Reference

That, at any rate, would ensure that you were never again invited to open a flower show.    From Wordnik.com.  [Try Anything Twice] Reference

Maybe because at the time Nagin invited folks back there were no operational 911 numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corrections « BuzzMachine] Reference

Purchasing land and trying oxen kept the guests invited from the wedding-supper, Luke xiv.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference

The two became fast friends, and Jin invited her to work for the Shanghai diocese as an artist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keeping Faith] Reference

The last “Forum” that McCain invited Obama to was packed with preselected McCain supporters.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Doubts Forums’ Chances - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Kristin invited us to come and emailed a map that, without a printer, I had to replicate by hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [s'egarer - French Word-A-Day] Reference

McCain invited the criticism by the slanderous nature of his comment towards Obama regarding Hamas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blitzer: Was Obama taking aim at McCain's age?] Reference

His face was not handsome, but his expression invited confidence, for it had a look of truth and sincerity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

Rondeli continued, My father had a friend, a prominent actor, Spartak Bagashvili, whom Stalin invited once to the Kremlin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where Europe Vanishes] Reference

But Noether was invited to lecture at Göttingen because of her abilities, not just because Hilbert and Klein invited her.    From Wordnik.com.  [“Honorary men” « Gin&Comment] Reference

Soon after the war I was once again invited to the United States, and to Britain, to lecture on our work on animal behaviour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nikolaas Tinbergen - Autobiography] Reference

But the error invited is false negatives, but in some cases we need to tolerate confusion to protect expression — KP Permanent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference

The landlady was so pleased at my good fortune that she invited is into the parlor to talk about it, and he ordered a bottle of wine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madeleine: An Autobiography] Reference

In addition, Rosenstein invited SLA and special library leaders and CUA alumni now working in special libraries to meet with the students.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE SLA CONFERENCE AS A TEACHING OPPORTUNITY] Reference

It has been nearly three months since the court "invited" - that is to say, ordered.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Urban Grind] Reference

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in an April 6 phone call invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stratfor -] Reference

That I’m not invited is how you know that I haven’t compromised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scripting News for 1/12/2007 « Scripting News Annex] Reference

The only country in the western hemisphere that has not been invited, that is Cuba.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2009] Reference

I'm not invited, which is odd because I got invited every time the last CEO came to town.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hongkie Town] Reference

The former name suggests nothing, invited no remark, no criticism, no inquiry, no hostility; the new name invited them all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christian Science] Reference

She said the "invited" with such a thump on it that my heart almost broke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference

He said that the US was never against a march and "invited" opposite views.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"My landlord's son was stopped by soldiers who 'invited' him to join up," the man says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Staying Out of Trouble] Reference

Massachusetts is, too, although only taxpayers "invited" by authorities can participate.    From Wordnik.com.  [States To Tax Deadbeats: Let's Make A Deal] Reference

For good measure, he is also "invited" to leave Beijing during the days around the anniversary.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Tiananmen Is Still Here'] Reference

According to Petumenos it didn't matter if Palin's children had been "invited" to an event or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [Geoffrey Dunn: Palin Nailed in Another Ethics Scandal] Reference