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invecting

invecting is the present participle and gerund of invect.

Meaning of invect

Verb

invect (third-person singular simple present invects, present participle invecting, simple past and past participle invected)

  1. (transitive) To import or introduce.
  2. (transitive) To subject to invective; to censure or rail against.
    • But, alas! why invect ſo againſt thy tongue? lingua a lingendo, and you know wee uſe alwayes to li[c]ke in, and ſo thou ſhouldeſt keepe in thy poyſon: or a ligando, which is to binde, and ſo thou ſhouldeſt binde up, and not disperſe abroad that ranker in thee.1597, Don Richardo de Medico Campo [pseudonym; Richard Lichfield], The Trimming of Thomas Nashe Gentleman, London: […] [Edward Allde] for Philip Scarlet, →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne]...
    Synonyms:
    inveigh

Questions about invecting

What is invecting the present participle and gerund of?
Invecting is the present participle and gerund of invect.

Words near invecting in the dictionary

  1. inveagling
  2. invecked
  3. inveckée
  4. invect
  5. invected
  6. invecting
  7. invection
  8. invections
  9. invective
  10. invectively
  11. invectiveness

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