preach
11preach — ► VERB 1) deliver a religious address to an assembled group of people. 2) earnestly advocate (a principle). 3) (preach at) give moral advice to (someone) in a self righteous way. DERIVATIVES preacher noun. ORIGIN Old French prechier, from Latin… …
12preach — [prēch] vi. [ME prechen < OFr precher < LL(Ec) praedicare, to preach the gospel < L, to declare in public, admonish < prae , PRE + dicare, to proclaim, akin to dicere, to say: see DICTION] 1. to speak in public on religious matters;… …
13preach|i|fy — «PREE chuh fy», intransitive verb, fied, fy|ing. Informal. to preach or moralize too much, or in a tedious or pompous way …
14preach — index address (talk to), declaim, educate, inculcate, recite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15preach — v. 1) (D; intr.) to preach against (to preach against sin) 2) (colloq.) (D; intr.) to preach at (stop preaching at me) 3) (D; intr.) to preach to (to preach to one s congregation) 4) (L) to preach that the end of the world is near * * * [priːtʃ]… …
16preach */ — UK [priːtʃ] / US [prɪtʃ] verb Word forms preach : present tense I/you/we/they preach he/she/it preaches present participle preaching past tense preached past participle preached 1) [intransitive/transitive] to talk about a religious subject at a… …
17preach — 01. The minister [preached] a sermon on the dangers of desire. 02. The government has been aggressively [preaching] the benefits of safe sex in an effort to stop the spread of AIDS. 03. My mother is always [preaching] to me that girls shouldn t… …
18preach — [[t]pri͟ːtʃ[/t]] preaches, preaching, preached 1) VERB When a member of the clergy preaches a sermon, he or she gives a talk on a religious or moral subject during a religious service. [V n] At High Mass the priest preached a sermon on the devil …
19preach — verb 1 (I, T) to give a talk in public about a religious subject, especially about the correct moral way for people to behave (+ to/on/about): Christ began preaching to large crowds. | preach sth: The pastor preached a sermon on brotherly love. 2 …
20preach — verb a) Give a sermon. b) Advocate or support verbally in an insisting, urging, or inciting manner. See Also: practice what you preach, preach to the choir, preach to the converted …
