UK /ɪnˈveɪ/
verb Freq #339949

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    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.

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Word family
Derived forms inveigherinveighing

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.

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