To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
To expel; to put out.
To omit from consideration.
To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
To encourage.
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
To request formally.
An invitation.