To ask (any one) to come, to invite (to a feast, wedding, burial, etc.). archaic but common dialect.

intransitive. To offer a prayer; to engage in prayer; to make an earnest petition or entreaty to God or a god.

To request the presence or attendance of; to invite. Obsolete.

transitive. Of a person: To ask (a person) graciously, kindly, or courteously. to come to (into, etc.) a place or proceeding to which he is…

transitive. To invite. (Chiefly in transl. from Spanish, etc.)

Used for invite. Obsolete.

Const. to with noun as object or with infinitive. elliptical. To encourage to come, to invite. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. colloquial. To engage (a person, an act) as a performer, guest, etc.

transitive. To invite to accompany one to one's place of residence.