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| to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually fol. by against): to inveigh against isolationism. |
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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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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.
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| 1. | complain bitterly [syn: rail] |
| 2. | speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim] |
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Inveigh
In*vec"ted\, a. [L. invectus carried in. See Inveigh.] (Her.) Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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