Invect
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Invect is a verb meaning (transitive) To import or introduce.
Meaning
(transitive) To import or introduce.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To subject to invective; to censure or rail against.
Example Sentences
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.
Your pictures far excel you, for they have / All that is good in you, your outward feature, / But your infernal minds they, happy, want. / Beauty, at best, is like a blooming tree, / Fairest in bud, when it bears foulest fruit. / Fool that I am thus to invect against her!
Word Forms
- invects
- invecting
- invected
Synonyms for invect
Depending on context, synonyms include inveigh.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include induct, ingest, inject, inbring, import, incept.
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