INVECTIVELY
INVEC'TIVELY, adverb Satirically; abusively.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INVEIGH
INVEIGH, verb intransitive inva'y. [Latin inveho, to bear, throw or bring on or against; in and veho, to carry.] To exclaim or rail against; to utter censorious and bitter langu...
INVEIGHER
INVEIGHER, noun inva'yer. One who rails; a railer.
INVEIGHING
INVEIGHING, participle present tense inva'ying. Exclaiming against; railing at; uttering bitter words.
INVEIGLE
INVE'IGLE, verb transitive To entice; to seduce; to wheedle; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery.Yet have they many baits and guileful spellsTo inveigle ...
INVEIGLED
INVE'IGLED, participle passive Enticed; wheedled; seduced from duty.
INVEIGLEMENT
INVE'IGLEMENT, noun Seduction to evil; enticement.
INVEIGLER
INVE'IGLER, noun One who entices or draws into any design by arts and flattery.
INVEIGLING
INVE'IGLING, participle present tense Enticing; wheedling; persuading to any thing bad.
INVEILED
INVEILED, adjective Covered as with a veil.
INVENT
INVENT', verb transitive [Latin invenio, inventum; in and venio, to come; literally, to come to, to fall on, to meet, Eng. to find.]1. To find out something new; to devise somet...
INVENTED
INVENT'ED, participle passive Found out; devised; contrived; forged; fabricated.
INVENTER
INVENT'ER, noun [See Inventor.]
INVENTING
INVENT'ING, participle present tense Finding out what was before unknown; devising or contriving something new; fabricating.
INVENTION
INVEN'TION, noun [Latin inventio.]1. The action or operation of finding out something new; the contrivance of that which did not before exist; as the invention of logarithms; th...
INVENTIVE
INVENT'IVE, adjective Able to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as an inventive head or genius.
INVENTOR
INVENT'OR, noun One who finds out something new; one who contrives and produces any thing not before existing; a contriver. The inventors of many of the most useful arts are not...
INVENTORIALLY
INVENTO'RIALLY, adverb In the manner of an inventory.
INVENTORIED
IN'VENTORIED, participle passive Inserted or registered in an inventory.
INVENTORY
IN'VENTORY, noun1. An account, catalogue or schedule of all the goods and chattels of a deceased person. In some of the United States, the inventory must include an account of t...
INVENTRESS
INVENT'RESS, noun [from invent.] A female that invents.
INVERSE
INVERSE, adjective invers'. [Latin inversus. See Invert.]Inverted; reciprocal. inverse proportion or ratio, is when the effect or result of any operation is less in proportion a...
INVERSELY
INVERSELY, adverb invers'ly. In an inverted order or manner; when more produces less, and less produces more; or when one thing is greater or less, in proportion as another is l...
INVERSION
INVER'SION, noun [Latin inversio. See Invert.]1. Change of order, so that the last becomes first and the first last; a turning or change of the natural order of things.It is jus...
INVERT
INVERT', verb transitive [Latin inverto; in and verto, to turn.]1. To turn into a contrary direction; to turn upside down; as, to invert a cone; to invert a hollow vessel.2. To ...
INVERTEBRAL
INVERT'EBRAL, adjective Destitute of vertebral column, as animals.
INVERTEBRATED
INVERT'EBRATED, adjective Destitute of a back bone or vertebral chain. [See Vertebrated.]