1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or
possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
2. A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of
another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.
3. The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as,
the invasion of a disease.
Syn. -- Invasion, Irruption, Inroad. Invasion is the generic term,
denoting a forcible entrance into a foreign country. Incursion
signifies a hasty and sudden invasion. Irruption denotes particularly
violent invasion. Inroad is entry by some unusual way involving
trespass and injury.
In*va"sive (?), a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.] Tending
to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. "Invasive war."
Hoole.
In*vect" (?), v. i. To inveigh. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
In*vec"ted (?), a. [L. invectus carried in. See Inveigh.] (Her.) Having
a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward;
-- the opposite of engrailed.
In*vec"tion (?), n. [L. invectio. See Inveigh.] An inveighing against;
invective. [Obs.] Fulke.
In*vec"tive (?), a. [L. invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See Inveigh.]
Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive;
railing.
In*vec"tive, n. [F. invective.] An expression which inveighs or rails
against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something
uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach
on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against,
having reference to the person or thing affected; as, an invective
against tyranny.
The world will be able to judge of his [Junius'] motives for
writing such famous invectives.
Sir W. Draper.
Syn. -- Abuse; censure; reproach; satire; sarcasm; railing; diatribe.
See Abuse.
In*vec"tive*ly, adv. In an invective manner. Shak.
In*veigh" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inveighed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inveighing.] [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.
All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals,
opposed him.
Milton.
The artificial life against which we inveighed.
Hawthorne.
In*veigh"er (?), n. One who inveighs.
In*vei"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inveigled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inveigling (?).] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF.
aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle,
properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to
have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. à, L. ad. See
Ocular.] To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by
deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to
wheedle.
Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite
the unwary sense.
Milton.
In*vei"gle*ment (?), n. The act of inveigling, or the state of being
inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction. South.
In*vei"gler (?), n. One who inveigles.
In*veil" (?), v. t. To cover, as with a vail. W. Browne.
In*vend`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being invendible;
invendibleness; unsalableness.
In*vend"i*ble (?), a. [L. invendibilis. See In- not, and Vendible.] Not
vendible or salable. Jefferson. -- In*vend"i*ble*ness, n.
In*ven"om (?), v. t. See Envenom.
In*vent" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invented; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventing.]
[L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come upon, to find, invent; pref.
in- in + venire to come, akin to E. come: cf. F. inventer. See Come.]