INVITIATE
In*vi"ti*ate, a.
Defn: Not vitiated. Lowell.
INVITING
In*vit"ing, a.
Defn: 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.
INVITRIFIABLE
In*vit"ri*fi`a*ble, a.
Defn: Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass.
Kirwan.
INVOCATE
In"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invocated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Invocating.] Etym: [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See Invoke.]
Defn: To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.
If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. Milton.
INVOCATION
In`vo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [F. invocation, L. invocatio.]
1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being. Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical! Shak. The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is divided between the two deities. Addison.