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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)

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—Related forms

in·veigh·er, noun

—Synonyms harangue, revile.

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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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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.

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inveigh
verb
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.

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