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Inures
- verb - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
Invade
- verb - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
- penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"
- to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
Inveil
- - To cover, as with a veil.
Invent
- verb - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
- make up something artificial or untrue
Invert
- verb - make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"
- turn inside out or upside down
Invest
- verb - furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- give qualities or abilities to
- make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
- provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
Invite
- noun - a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party"
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
- give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
- have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"
- increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"
- invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"
- request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"