| Inveigh | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
