inveigh

== English == === Alternative forms === enveigh (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈveɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Verb === inveigh (third-person singular simple present inveighs, present participle inveighing, simple past and past participle inveighed) (intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.] Synonym: invect 1860, William Cullen Bryant, letter, 14 Sep 1860: I saw Mr. Cairns yesterday. He inveighed at great length at what he called Mr. Willis's neglect of his children, saying he had just discovered that they got no whortleberries and no fish, and that he was just beginning to send them those things. (obsolete, transitive) To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle. [17th–19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== inveigher inveighing ==== Translations ====