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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INVEIGH, v.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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: complain bitterly [syn: rail, inveigh]
2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim, inveigh]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: Latin invehi to attack, inveigh, passive of invehere to carry in, from in- + vehere to carry — more at way Date: 1529 to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently ; rail • inveigher noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (foll. by against) speak or write with strong hostility. Etymology: L invehi go into, assail (as IN-(2), vehi passive of vehere vect- carry)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inveighs, inveighing, inveighed) If you inveigh against something, you criticize it strongly. (FORMAL) A lot of his writings inveigh against luxury and riches. VERB: V against n