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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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INVEET, v., n. Also invete. See P.L.D. § 45. [ɪn′vit]

I. v. To invite (I., n.Sc., Ags., w. and sm.Sc., Uls. 1958).Arg. 1729 Northern N. & Q. I. 5:
Its obvious such practises . . . brings the persons inveeted to inconveniences.Edb. 1856 J. Ballantine Poems 86:
She was trysted to suppers, inveetit to teas.Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xlviii.:
She maun jist no inveet me, an' I'll no come.Ags. 1901 W. J. Milne Reminisc. 291:
First o' the inveetit cam' a kelpie frae Noran.wm.Sc. 1932 J. Corrie Man o' War 7:
I inveeted him tae the hoose the nicht.

II. n. An invitation. Also in colloq. Eng.; in Sc. now mostly in form invite. Gen.Sc. (inveet Sh., Ags., Ayr., Dmf.; invite Ork., Bnff., Abd., Fif., Arg., Dmf., Rxb. 2000s).Abd. 1890 Bon-Accord (11 Jan.) 5:
It wis an invete tae the mairriage o' my auld frien' Geordie Spence's loon Robbie.Fif. 1894 J. Menzies Our Town 57:
There's an invite for Richie.Kcb. 1897 Crockett Lads' Love ix.:
I'll learn you to frequent the Nether Neuk withoot an invite, my lads.Abd. 1916 G. Abel Wylins 119:
The muckle man strauchtwye resolved To gie Him an inveet.Gsw. 1951 H. W. Pryde M. McFlannel's Romance 129:
An invite has just came for Mr McCotton and Eh to go to a Reception at the City Chambers.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 49:
Fin Henry socht Norman roon the neist Setterday fur a suppie maet, he lowpit at the inveet.