INVITE

(ENCOURAGE) [verb] [T] - to act in a way which causes or encourages (something) to happen or (someone) to believe or feel somethingBehaving provocatively in class is just inviting trouble.Such a badly presented exhibition invites criticism.It's so easy to get credit - it's inviting people to get into debt. [+ object + to infinitive]The Gaia hypothesis invites us to view the planet as a living organism. [+ object + to infinitive]