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in⋅veigh

  [in-vey]
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–verb (used without object)
to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually fol. by against): to inveigh against isolationism.
Origin:
1480–90; < L invehī to attack with words, equiv. to in- in- 2 + vehī pass. inf. of vehere to ride, drive, sail (cf. wain )

Related forms:
in⋅veigh⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
harangue, revile.
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in·veigh   (ĭn-vā')   
intr.v.   in·veighed, in·veigh·ing, in·veighs
To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.

[Latin invehī, to attack with words, inveigh against, passive of invehere, to carry in : in-, in; see in-2 + vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
in·veigh'er n.
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Inveigh

In*veigh"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inveighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveighing.] [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.

All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. --Milton.

The artificial life against which we inveighed. --Hawthorne.
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inveigh 
1486, "to introduce," from L. invehi "to attack with words," originally "carry oneself against," from passive inf. of invehere "bring in, carry in," from in- "against" + vehere "to carry" (see vehicle). Meaning "to give vent to violent denunciation" is from 1529.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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