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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inveigh v : complain bitterly [syn: {rail}]
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