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.
To stimulate or make more keen.
To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
The act of whetting something.
That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.