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enveigh

enveigh is the alternative form of inveigh.

Meaning of inveigh

Verb

inveigh (third-person singular simple present inveighs, present participle inveighing, simple past and past participle inveighed)

  1. (intransitive, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism
    • Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […]1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 76, verso
    Synonyms:
    invect
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle.
    • He is a Spirit, that inveighs away a Man from himself, undertakes great Matters for him, and after fells him for a Slave.a. 1681 (date written), Samuel Butler, edited by R[obert] Thyer, The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[acob] and...

Forms of enveigh

third-person singular presentenveighs
present participleenveighing
past participleenveighed
pastenveighed

Questions about enveigh

What is enveigh the alternative form of?
Enveigh is the alternative form of inveigh.

Words near enveigh in the dictionary

  1. envassals
  2. envault
  3. envaulted
  4. envaulting
  5. envaults
  6. enveigh
  7. enveighed
  8. enveighing
  9. enveighs
  10. enveigle
  11. enveigled

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