different between lure vs invite
lure
English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *l?þr, from Proto-Germanic *l?þr-. Compare English allure, from Old French.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l(j)??/, /l??(?)/, /l??/
- (US) IPA(key): /l???/, /l??/, /l?/
- Homophone: lore (some accents)
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
lure (plural lures)
- (also figuratively) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
- A velvet smoothing brush.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Translations
Verb
lure (third-person singular simple present lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured)
- To attract by temptation etc.
- Synonym: entice
- (falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.
Related terms
- allure
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr
Noun
lure (plural lures)
- A trumpet with long curved tube, used for calling cattle, etc.
Anagrams
- ReLU, Ruel, Rule, rule
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
lure
- definite singular of lur
- plural of lur
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German luren
Verb
lure (imperative lur, present tense lurer, passive lures, simple past lurte, past participle lurt, present participle lurende)
- to deceive, trick
- to lurk
- to wonder (på / about)
References
- “lure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Adjective
lure
- definite of lur
- plural of lur
Etymology 2
Verb
lure (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)
- Alternative form of lura
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish
Noun
lure f (oblique plural lures, nominative singular lure, nominative plural lures)
- lure (bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk)
Descendants
- English: lure
References
- lure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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invite
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French inviter, from Latin inv?t?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?nv?t', IPA(key): /?n?va?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
Verb
invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)
- (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
- (transitive) To request formally.
- I invite you all to be seated.
- (transitive) To encourage.
- I always invite criticism of my definitions.
- Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
- 1902, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address
- The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
- (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
- shady groves, that easy sleep invite
- 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error
- There no delusive hope invites despair.
Synonyms
- (ask for the presence or participation of): ask out
- (request formally): ask, beseech, entreat, request
- (encourage): ask for, encourage, provoke
Related terms
- invitee
- inviter
Translations
Etymology 2
From the verb invite.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n'v?t, IPA(key): /??nva?t/
Noun
invite (plural invites)
- (informal) An invitation.
Translations
Asturian
Verb
invite
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar
French
Verb
invite
- inflection of inviter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Adjective
inv?te
- vocative masculine singular of inv?tus
References
- invite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- invite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- invite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [in?vite]
Verb
invite
- third-person singular present subjunctive of invita
- third-person plural present subjunctive of invita
Spanish
Verb
invite
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of invitar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of invitar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of invitar.
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