Inveigh Definition

ĭn-vā

inveighed, inveighing, inveighs

verb

inveighed, inveighing, inveighs

To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.

American Heritage

To make a violent verbal attack; talk or write bitterly (against); rail.

Webster's New World

(intransitive) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against (formerly also with on, at, upon). [from 16th c.]

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Origin of Inveigh

Latin invehī to attack with words, inveigh against passive of invehere to carry in in- in in–² vehere to carry wegh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.

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