To support or encourage.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
To encourage.
To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
To request formally.
An invitation.