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   Inveigh , 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.
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   All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him.
   Milton.
   
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   The artificial life against which we inveighed.
   Hawthorne.
   
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