invecke'e 
inveck6e (in-vek'a), a. [Heraldic F.; cf. in- 
vecked.] In her., double-arched, 
or, more rarely, triple-arched : 
said of a heraldic line, or the 
edge of an ordinary, which is 
bent into large curves forming 
an angle with each other. 
invectt (in-vekf), v. i. [< L. in- 
vectus, pp. of inveltere, inveigh: 
see inveigh.'] To inveigh. 
A Chief inveckfe 
Fool that I am thus to inivct against her ! 
Beau, and fl. (?), Faithful Friends, lii. 3. 
inverted (in-vek'ted), a. [< L. invectua, pp. 
of invehere, bring in or to, en- 
ter, penetrate, also attack : see 
inveigh. Cf. invexed, convex.'] 
Formed exteriorly of small con- 
vex or outward curves, or slight- 
ly projecting rounded lobes: 
used in heraldry of a line or the 
edge of a bearing: the oppo- A Pale 
site of engrailed, in which the 
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On their coin they stamped the figure of Sappho. Nor 
lease honored they Alcseus, a bitter invevjher against the 
rage of tyrants that then oppressed this countrey. 
Sandys, Travailes, p. 13. 
inveigle (in-ve'gl), v. t.; pret. and pp. inveigled, 
ppr. inveigling. [Formerly also inveagle, envei- 
gle; < ME. (not found), < AF. enveogler, blind, 
inveigle, equiv. to F. aveugler = Pr. avogolar = 
It. avocolarc, blind, < L. ab, from, + oculits, eve : 
see ocular.] To lead astray by making blind 
to the truth or to consequences; mislead by 
deception ; entice into violation of duty, pro- 
priety, or self-interest: now usually with into. 
It was Cleopatra's sweet voice and pleasant speech 
which inveigled Antony. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 481. 
And thus would he inveigle my belief to think the com- 
bustion of Sodom might be natural. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 19. 
He had inveigled the lieges into revolt by a false asser- 
tion that the Inquisition was about to be established. 
Motley, Dutch Republic, II. 153. 
Syu. To cajole, beguile, lure, insnare, decoy, 
inveiglement (in-ve'gl-ment), . [< inveigle + 
-ment.] The act of inveigling; seduction to 
evil; that which inveigles ; enticement. 
curves are concave or turned inward. Formerly 
canelle. 
invectiont (in-vek'shon), . [< L. invectio(n-), 
a bringing, an attacking, < invehere, pp. invec- 
tus, bring in, attack: see inveigh.] Invective. 
Many men wish Luther to have used a more temperate inveiglei (in-ve'gler), n. One who inveigles, 
style sometimes, especially against princes and temporal entices, or leads astray by arts and flattery. 
Unrein wvimm te%fnwcnw^ Kin* W "<*. I the >"> beit presented to the Empe- 
Hen?vthe8tk Full Answer to P S"ine (S D 28 
"* e ' Al1 .SB), p. ;a. 
A person truly pious . . . may, thro' the inveiglements 
of the world and the frailty of his nature, be sometimes 
surprised, and for a while drawn into the way of sin. 
South, Works, VI. iv. 
beauty, ne was known, and the 
Sandys, Travailes, p. 14. 
This is most strangely invective, 
Most full of spite and insolent upbraiding. 
B. Jonson, Sejanus, iii. 1. 
Let him rail on ; let his invective muse 
Have four and twenty letters to abuse. 
rour for his 
invective (in-vek'tiv) a. and . [< F.invectif inv ^ (^viS . t [< *-B + M&1 feme as 
= It. invetnvo, invective (as a noun, F. mvec- e n veil 
tive = Sp. Pg. inveetiva = It. invettiva, f., in- inTe i ' pt i nve lopet v. t. Obsolete forms of en- 
vective), < L. invectivus, scolding abusive, in- ^y,"^. Ta/or. ' 
yective, < invehere, pp. invectus, attack scold, inven dibility (in-ven-di-bil'i-ti), . [< inven- 
inveigh: see inveigh.] I. a. Censoriously abu- (Uble . see .^ -, The gtate o ' alit L y of be . 
sive ; vituperative ; denunciatory. ing inven dible ; unsalableness. 
All that is terrible in this case is that the author may 
be laughed at, and the stationer beggared by the book's 
invendilnlity. Brome. 
invendible (in-yen'di-bl), a. [< j- 3 + vendi- 
Dryden, Abs. and Achit., ii. 447. We.] Not vendible ; unsalable. 
II. n. Vehement denunciation; an utterance invenomt, invenomet, v. t. Obsolete forms of 
of violent censure or reproach ; also, a railing . en n "': . 
accusation: vituperation. m vent (m-venf), r. t. [< ME. mventen, < OF. 
inventer, F. inventer = Sp. Pg. inventor = It. in- 
ventare, < L. inventus, pp. of invenire, come upon, 
meet with, find, discover, < in, on, 4- venire, 
come : see venture. Cf. advent, convent, event 1 , 
prevent, etc.] 1. To come upon; light upon; 
meet with ; find. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
Far off he wonders what them makes so glad ; 
Or Bacchus merry fruit they did invent, 
Or Cybeles franticke rites have made them mad. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. vi. 15. 
According to the popular belief among the Greeks, it 
was in a bed of this tender herb [sweet basil] that Our 
Lord's Cross was invented. 
Athelstan Riley, Athos, or the Mountain of the Monks 
[(1887), p. 71, note. 
2. To find out by original study or contriv ance ; 
create by a new use or combination of means ; 
devise the form, construction, composition, 
method, or principle of. 
To invent is to discover that we know not. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 217. 
He is now 
Inventing a rare mouse-trap, with owl's wings 
And a cat's-foot, to catch the mice alone. 
B. Jonson, Fortunate Isles. 
3. In general, to produce by contrivance ; fab- 
ricate ; concoct ; devise : as, to invent the plot of 
a story ; to invent an excuse or a falsehood. 
I say, she never did invent this letter; 
This is a man's invention, and his hand. 
Shak., As you Like it, iv. 3, 29. 
Lies and falsites, and such as could best invent them, 
were only in request. Milton, Hist. Eng., iii. 
accusation; vituperation. 
In the Fathers' writings there are sundry sharp invec- 
tives against heretics. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iii. 8. 
So desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives, 
Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers. 
Shalt., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4, 43. 
A tide of fierce 
Invective seem'd to wait behind her lips. 
Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
=Syn. Abuse, Invective (see abuse); Satire, Pasquinade, 
etc. (see lampoon) ; philippic, objurgation, reproach, rail- 
ing, diatribe. 
invectively (in-vek'tiv-li), adv. In the man- 
ner of invective ; censoriously ; abusively. 
Thus most invectively he pierceth through 
The body of the country, city, court. 
Shak., As you Like it, ii. 1, 58. 
invectiyeness (in-vek'tiy-nes), n. The quali- 
ty of being invective or vituperative ; abusive- 
ness. [Rare.] 
I related to them the bitter mockings and scornings that 
fell upon me, the displeasure of my parents, the invective- 
ness and cruelty of the priests. 
Penn, Travels in Holland, etc. 
invectivist (in-vek'tiv-ist), n. [< invective + 
-ist.] One who employs invective. 
It is the work of a very French Frenchman, of a gloomy 
and profoundly thoughtful and powerful satirist and in- 
vectivist. The Independent (New YorkX June 12, 1862. 
Sydney Smith, vi. 
Inmnt gee digcoCCT . and 
inveigh (iu-va'), v. i. [Formerly also enveigh, 
invaigh, invey ; < ME. *enveyen (?) (not found), 
< OF. envair, enveir, attack, invade, press, un- 
dertake, prob. < L. invadere, attack, invade (see 
invade), but also appar. in part (like the E in- . In an CTenin . 'tn with a child on each knee, he would 
vect, inaction, invective, associated with inveigh) mvent * Me *> r thelr " 
. L. teuton* PP. invectns, carry, bear or bring =s 2 and 3 
in or to, also attack with words, scold, inveigh, Hon. 
< in, in, to, + rehere, carry: see vehicle.] To inventert (in-ven'ter), n. An obsolete form of 
make a verbal attack ; utter or write vehement inventor. 
denunciation or rebuke ; exclaim or rail against inventfult (in-vent'ful), a. [< invent + -fill.] 
persons or things; rail : with against, formerly Full of invention; inventive. 
with at or on. Tne g en i us O f the French government appears powerful 
only in destruction, and inventful only in oppression. 
Gi/ord, Residence in France (1797). 
T. S.. . . was so negligent that . . . I can hardly inhold inventlble (in-ven'ti-bl), a. [< invent + -ible.] 
from inmginno- on his memory. Capable of being invented or contrived. 
erfl-t i H --CgeUniv.,viii.25. whenflrstlgavemythoughtstomakegunsshootoften, 
never fails to inveigh with hearty bitterness against I thought there had been but one only exquisite way in- 
demotracy as the source of every species of crime. ventible; yet, by several trials, and much charge, I have 
Macaulay, Mitford's Hist. Greece, perfectly tried all these. Century of Inventions, No. 67. 
inveigher (in-va'er), . One who inveighs or inventibleness (in-ven'ti-bl-nes), . The state 
denounces ; a railer. of being inventible. 
Drances and Turnus vppon auncient hatred inueigh one 
at the other. Phaer, JEneid, xi., Arg. 
inventive 
invention (in-ven'shon), n. [= F. invention = 
Pr. inventio = Sp. invencion = Pg. invenyao = It. 
invensione, < L. inventio(n-), finding, discovery, 
invention, < invenire, pp. inventus, come upon, 
find: see invent.] 1. A finding. [Obsolete, or 
archaic, as in the phrase Invention of the Cross. 
See cross 1 .] 
As Laurentius observeth concerning the invention of the 
stapes or stirrop bone [in the ear], there is some conten- 
tion between Columbus and Ingrassius, the one of Sicilia, 
the other of Cremona, and both within this Century. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
2. The act or process of finding out how to make 
something previously unknown, or how to do 
something in a new way ; original contrivance ; 
creation by a new use of means : as, the inven- 
tion of printing; the invention of the steam- 
engine, or of an improved steam-engine. 
The labor of invention is often estimated and paid on 
the same plan as that of execution. J. S. Mill. 
3. That which is invented ; something previ- 
ously unknown, or some new modification of 
an existing thing, produced by an original use 
of means; an original contrivance or device. 
When used absolutely, it generally denotes a new mechani- 
cal device, or a new process in one of the useful arts, 
God hath made man upright ; but they have sought out 
many inventions. Eccl. vii. 29. 
The invention all admired, and each, how he 
To be the inventor miss'd. Milton, P. L. , vi. 498. 
There is no Invention hath been more valued by the 
wiser Fart of Mankind than that of Letters. 
Stillingjteet, Sermons, III. ii. 
An invention is any new and useful art, machine, man- 
ufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful 
improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, or com- 
position of matter, not before known and used. Robinson. 
4. Specifically, in muic, a short piece in which 
a single thought is worked out, usually eontra- 
puntally, but with the comparative simplicity 
of an impromptu or of a study. 5. The act of 
producing by the exercise of the imagination ; 
mental fabrication or creation: as, the inven- 
tion of plots or of excuses. 
You divine wits of elder Daves, from whom 
The deep Invention of rare Works hath com. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 5. 
If thou canst accuse, . . . 
Do it without invention, suddenly. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., Hi. 1, 5. 
Milton's Characters, most of them, lie out of Nature, 
and were to be formed purely by his own Invention. 
Addison, Spectator, No. 279. 
6. The faculty or power of inventing ; skill or 
ingenuity in original contrivance; the gift of 
finding out or producing new forms, methods, 
processes, effects, etc.; in art and lit., the exer- 
cise of imagination in production ; the creative 
faculty. 
I will prove these verses to be very unlearned, neither 
savouring of poetry, wit, nor invention. 
Shak., L. L. L., iv. 2, 166. 
I had not the assistance of any good book whereby to 
promote my invention, or relieve my memory. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, Pref. 
. can furnish me with nothing so 
Dryden, Mock Astrologer, Pref. 
7t- A coming in ; arrival. 
Whilst green Thetis' Nymphs, with many an amorous lay, 
Sing our invention safe unto her long-wish'd Bay. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 68. 
Invention of the Cross. See crai. Registered in- 
vention, an invention protected by an inferior patent. 
Useful invention, in the sense of American law, one not 
injurious or mischievous to society, and not frivolous or 
insignificant, but capable of use for a purpose from which 
some advantage can be derived. When an invention is use- 
ful in this sense, the degree or extent of its usefulness is 
wholly unimportant. Curtis, Law of Pat. (5th ed.), 449. 
= Syn. 2. Invention, Discovery; fabrication, excogitation. 
Invention is applied to the contrivance and production of 
something, often mechanical, that did not before exist, 
for the utilization of powers of nature long known or 
lately discovered by investigation. Discovery brings to 
light what existed before, but was not known. We are in- 
debted to invention for the thermometer, barometer, tele- 
phone, etc. ; to discovery for knowledge of hitherto un- 
known parts of the globe, etc. By the invention of the 
spectroscope we have made large discoveries as to the me- 
tallic elements in many heavenly bodies. See discover. 6. 
Invention, Style, Amplification. Rhetoric is often divided 
into the departments of invention and style, invention cov- 
ering all that concerns the supply of the thought, and style 
all that concerns the expression of the thought in lan- 
guage. Some writers divide rhetoric into invention, am- 
plification, and style, but amplification is strictly a part of 
invention. 
inventional (in-ven'shon-al), . [< invention 
+ -al.] Relating to invention; of the nature 
of invention. 
inventioust (iu-ven'shus), a. [< invention) + 
-ous.] Inventive. 
It will be most exquisite; thou art a fine inventions 
rogue, sirrah. B. Jomon, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. 
inventive (iu-ven'tiv), . [< F. iin-cntif= Sp. 
Pg. It. inrentivo; as invent + -ive.] 1. Of or 
My own invention . . 
dull aa what is there. 
