invite

Etymology 1

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native Old English laþian.

verb

1. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
   We invited our friends round for dinner.
2. (transitive) To request formally.
   I invite you all to be seated.
3. (transitive) To encourage.
   I always invite criticism of my definitions.
   Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
   The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster. 1902, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address
4. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
   There no delusive hope invites despair. 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error

Etymology 2

From the verb invite.

noun

1. (informal) An invitation.
   An open invite has been given to all UK workers to join in common cause with the union, as more than 40,000 RMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies walked out on June 21 in the first of three 24-hour strikes over pay, conditions and job security. June 29 2022, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Strikes set to escalate as RMT issues rallying call”, in RAIL, number 960, page 6