Reverse Dictionary: INVITATION

ADJECTIVES
► BIDDEN invited; commanded, ordered → 1614
► INVITATORY conveying or containing an invitation → M17

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ALIGHT AND LOOK AT ONE’S SADDLE come in and sit a spell; an invitation to stop and talk, and perhaps to share a meal → 1912 Amer. dial.
► BRING IT ON! an exclamation of defiance, encouragement, or invitation → 2004 UK sl.
► COME AND HAVE A PICKLE an invitation to a quick unceremonious meal → 1870 nautical usage
► COME AND SEE YOUR PA an invitation to come and have a drink → 1870 nautical usage
► COME AND WASH YOUR NECK an invitation to come and have a drink → 1860
► LADIES A PLATE, GENTS A CRATE used in party invitations to request female guests to bring a dish of food and male guests to bring something to drink → 1984 NZ
► W.M.P. we accept the invitation; With Much Pleasure → L19 Royal Navy sl.

NOUNS
► BID a request or an invitation → 1892 Eng. dial.
► BIDDANCE bidding, invitation → 1836
► BIDDING an invitation, esp. to a funeral or wedding → 1655 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► COMPLIMENT an invitation → 1933 Amer. dial.
► INVITATORY an invitation → M17
► LATHING an invitation, a calling together; also, a congregation → c897 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PASTEBOARD an invitation → M19 sl.
► RAIN CHECK any request or promise to accept an invitation at a later date → 20C Amer. sl.
► STIFFIE ► STIFFY a formal invitation card (made of thick cardboard) → 1980 Brit. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BIDDER one who invites, or delivers an invitation, as to a funeral or a wedding → 1548
► INVITANT a person who is invited; a person who gives an invitation → L16
► INVITRESS a female inviter → E17
► LATHER one who invites or summons → a1175 obs.

VERBS
► ADVOCATE to summon, to invite → 1555 obs.
► BID to invite, esp. to a wedding or funeral, at which attendance is regarded as compulsory → 1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CONVITE to invite → 1568 obs.
► GOOF OFF to turn down an invitation; to avoid a meeting → 1980s sl.
► HANG OUT THE BESOM to invite friends during the wife’s absence from home → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► INKLE to attend a party, etc. without an invitation → 1939 Amer. dial.
► KAE to invite → 1721 Sc. obs.
► LATHE to invite, to call → c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.