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.
To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
To save (a shot).
To force away by means of a repulsive force.