Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

invect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-vect
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To import or introduce.

Transitive verb

verb

To subject to invective; to censure or rail against.

Transitive verb

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!"

Etymology

From Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: invehō

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

invects (present, singular) invecting (participle, present) invected (participle, past) invected (past)

Frequently Paired Words

convect invective

Synonyms

inveigh

Questions

What does invect mean?: To import or introduce.
Where does invect come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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