a. Obs. Also -tiatory. [f. L. type *convīciātōri-us, f. convīciātōr-em railer, agent-n. f. convīciārī: see prec. and -ORY.] Wrangling, railing; reproachful.
1611. T. James, Corrupt. Script., To Rdr. (1612), 14. Auoiding … conuitiatorie Arguments, which doe but ingender strife.
1813. J. C. Hobhouse, Journey, 585. The favourite term of reproach with the Greeks, whose convitiatory language is most violent and abusive.
