To request formally.
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.
An invitation.
To make a request to, commonly in written form.
A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
A formal written request for judicial action.
A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.