† invectionn.
Obsolete.
1. The action of inveighing; an invective.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun]
balec1220
ordurec1390
revile1439
brawlingc1440
railing1466
opprobry?a1475
revilingc1475
vituperation1481
vituper1484
vitupery1489
convicy1526
abusion?1530
blasphemation1533
pelta1540
oblatration?1552
words of mischief1555
abuse1559
inveighing1568
invection1590
revilement1590
invective1602
opprobration1623
invecture1633
thunder and lightning1638
raillery1669
rattlinga1677
blackguarding1742
pillory1770
slang1805
slangwhanging1809
bullyragging1820
slanging1856
bespattering1862
bespatterment1870
bad-mouthing1939
bad mouth1947
slagging1956
flak1968
verbal1970
handbagging1987
pelters1992
1590 J. Davidson Reply to Bancroft in Wodrow Soc. Misc. 505 A bitter invection against the godlie brethren.
1622 H. Sydenham Serm. (1637) 151 No touch of malecontentedness or spirit of invection.
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 84 Who can thinke..his invections, a depravement, when he belches forth such blasphemies?
2. Carrying or bringing in, importation.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > bringing in
inbringinga1387
invection1598
ushering1598
induction1604
importation1616
introducing1657
introduction1710
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 463 Inuection by the which commodities are gathered into the Citie, and dispersed from thence into the Countrie by land.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inuection, a carying.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Invection, a carrying in.
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