inveigh
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inveigh
- /ɪnˈveɪ/ UK, US
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.
verb inveighs · inveighing · inveighed · enveigh
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To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism
Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […]
Similar: invect
- To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle. He is a Spirit, that inveighs away a Man from himself, undertakes great Matters for him, and after fells him for a Slave.
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verb to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
| Español | vituperar, despotricar, denostar, lanzar invectivas [contra] |
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| Français | s'invectiver, s'élever, s'opposer |
| Deutsch | schimpfen, wettern, sich in Schmähreden ergehen |
| Italiano | inveire |
| Русский | поносить ponositʹ, оскорбля́ть oskorbljátʹ, руга́ть rugátʹ |
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