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inveigh

RELATED WORD :

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Verb (intransitive)
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in=veigh

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb inveigh has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

inveighv. i. [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle, and cf. Invective.].
     To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse.  [1913 Webster]
    "All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him."  [1913 Webster]
    "The artificial life against which we inveighed."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inveigh, v.intr. (foll. by against) speak or write with strong hostility.

Etymology
L invehi go into, assail (as IN-(2), vehi passive of vehere vect- carry)
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