v. Obs. [ad. med.L. convītāre or It. convitare (Pr., Sp., Pg. convidar, F. convier). Diez supposes convītāre ‘to invite to a feast’ to be formed after invītāre to INVITE, by sense-association with convīvium (see CONVIVE).] trans. To invite. (Chiefly in transl. from Spanish, etc.)
1568. North, Gueuara’s Diall. Pr., IV. vii. (1582), 386.
1578. T. N., trans. Conq. W. India (1596), 327. Other times they would convite them to supper. Ibid., 360. In the which letter hee convited him earnestly to come.
1602. Segar, Hon. Mil. & Civ., III. xxxv. 161. The Constable … conuited Clifford with his company to dinner.
