disinvite
verbUS, UK /ˌdɪsɪnˈvaɪt/
Etymology From dis- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + invite.
1
To cancel or withdraw an invitation to (someone).
- Near-synonym: uninvite (see notes)
- [B]eing the next morning assured by the Prince himself that the Maske was to be put off till Sunday the ninth of January [1625], I was, upon his Highnesse intimation, sent to disinvite them all, which I performed with the French personally, and with the rest by letter; but on Saturday re-invited them for the next day.a. 1642 (date written), John Finett [i.e., John Finet], quotee, “Ben Jonson’s Masque at Christmas, 1624–5]”, in John [Bowyer] Nichols, The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King James the First, His Royal Consort, Family, and Court, […], volume IV, London: […] J[ohn] B[owyer] Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries [of London], […], published 1828, →OCLC, page 1011:
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- [I]t is a task of ſo long ſtudy that a great part of a man's life vvould be ſpent in a vveariſome and hopeleſs endeavour to come to Faith by this tedious method; vvhich vvould both diſinvite to a purſuit; and even a diligent man may in likelihood die ere he could rationally embrace any Faith at all.1665, J[ohn] S[ergeant], “Third Discourse. That the Three Next Properties of the Rule of Faith are Utterly Incompetent to Scripture.”, in Sure-footing in Christianity, or Rational Discourses on the Rule of Faith. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 27:
- [M]y Lady vvould not revoke—my Lord vvould not ſubmit—the Royallies vvere to be diſinvited this morning; […]1793, [Susannah] Gunning, “Letter V. Mrs. Oxburn to Sir Ashton Montague.”, in Memoirs of Mary, […], volume V, London: […] J[ohn] Bell, […], →OCLC, page 48:
- [T]he chief of the police did not see his way to providing an escort sufficiently large to conduct a party some five and twenty strong, […] So the project was abandoned, and the "disinvited" guests assembled on the upper deck of their steamer to console themselves by viewing the arrival and reception of the Khedive from that excellent vantage-ground.1896, H[enry] D[uff] Traill, “A Khedival Progress”, in From Cairo to the Soudan Frontier, London: John Lane; Chicago, Ill.: Way and Williams, →OCLC, pages 226–227:
- [T]his amendment fails to meet the criteria of sound and conservative legislation. First, it disinvites and discourages local initiative and secondly, without benefit of proper hearings on such a complex question, it changes the entire experience of Federal Indian law in one fell swoop.1963 August 31 (date written), Charles E. Wingenbach, “Memorandum on the Proposed National Service Corps”, in National Service Corps: Hearings before the Special Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session on H.R. 5625: A Bill to Provide for a National Service Corps to Strengthen Community Service Programs in the United States: Part 2 […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1963, →OCLC, page 597:
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- disinviting
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