Chapter In terrorem to Inventive of I by Soule's Synonymes

Invective, a.

1. Abusive, reproachful, censorious, captious, railing, scolding.

2. Satirical, sarcastic, assailing.

Inveigh against. Censure, reproach, condemn, blame, denounce, declaim against, rail at, exclaim against, vituperate.

Inveigle, v. a. Entice, decoy, beguile, entrap, ensnare, lure.

Invent, v. a.

1. Contrive (what did not before exist), devise, be the first to contrive or devise.

2. Originate, create, frame, imagine, excogitate, conceive, concoct.

3. Fabricate, forge, coin.

Invention, n.

1. Inventing, origination, creation.

2. Contrivance, device, design.

3. Ingenuity, power of inventing.

4. Fabrication, forgery, fiction, coinage.

Inventive, a. Ingenious, creative, quick at contrivance, fertile in expedients.