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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