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Webster 1913 Edition

Inveigh

In-veigh′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inveigh

INVEIGH

,
Verb.
I.
inva'y. [L. inveho, to bear, throw or bring on or against; in and veho, to carry.] To exclaim or rail against; to utter censorious and bitter language against any one; to reproach; with against. The author inveighed sharply against the vices of the clergy in his age. Men inveigh against the follies of fashion.

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