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inveigh

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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