the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > request courteously or invite > invite a person to do something (3)
transitive. To entreat (a person) to come to dinner, one's house, etc.; to invite. Obsolete.
To invite a course of action, etc.
transitive. Of a person: To ask (a person) graciously, kindly, or courteously. to do something assumed to be agreeable.