to carry in, bring to, introduce: tantum in aerarium pecuniae: quas (opes) mare litoribus invehit, Cu.—Pass, to be carried in, ride into, drive to, be borne in, enter: dictator urbem invehitur, L.: mare invecta (lyra), carried into the sea, O.: in portum ex alto invehi: classīs invectas Tibridis undam, V.—To ride on, drive upon, be carried by, drive over: equo invectus, L.: Quattuor est invectus equis, V.: domitis invecta leonibus, O.—To fall upon, assail, make an assault: equitum acies invecta in dissipatos, L.: cum utrimque invehi hostem nuntiaretur, L.: ordines . . . multā caede hostium invehitur, Cu.— With se, to assault, assail, fall upon: invehebant se hostes, L.: quantum se invexit acies, L.—Fig., to introduce, bring in, bring upon: quae (mala) tibi casus invexerat: ut quemcumque casum fortuna invexerit, brings with it: divitiae avaritiam invexere, L.—Pass, to attack with words, inveigh against: invectus est copiosius in istum: vehementius in causam principum: multa in Thebanos, N.: aperte in te invehens.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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