Word of the Day 7.18.08

in·veigh (n-v)

intr.v. in·veighed, in·veigh·ing, in·veighs

To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.


[Latin inveh, to attack with words, inveigh against, passive of invehere, to carry in : in-, in; see in-2 + vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]


in·veigher n.

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