inveigh

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: in=veigh

CIDE DICTIONARY

inveigh, v. i. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him."  [1913 Webster]
"The artificial life against which we inveighed."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inveigh, v.intr. (foll. by against) speak or write with strong hostility.

Etymology

L invehi go into, assail (as IN-(2), vehi passive of vehere vect- carry)