About The Word Preach
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Preach
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What's The Definition Of Preach?
[v] speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
[v] deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" Synonyms | Synonyms for Preach: advocate | prophesy Related Terms | Find terms related to Preach: address | admonish | advise | advocate | catechize | caution | charge | counsel | deliver a lecture | discourse | encourage | enjoin | evangelize | exhort | explain | exposit | expostulate | expound | harangue | hold forth | homilize | incite | inculcate | induce | issue a caveat | lecture | minister | mission | missionary | moralize | move | persuade | point a moral | pontificate | preachify | preaching | preachment | prelect | prompt | prophesy | read a lesson | read a sermon | remonstrate | reprimand | sermonize | sermonizing | speak | talk | urge | warn See Also | evangelise | evangelize | exhort | lecture | moralise | moralize | preachify | press | sermonise | sermonize | talk | urge | urge on Preach In Webster's Dictionary \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Preaching}.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr.
L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before +
dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from
(assumed) LL. praedictare. See {Diction}, and cf.
{Predicate}, {Predict}.]
1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim
the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject,
or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.
How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom.
x. 15.
From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv.
17.
2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse
in the manner of a preacher.
\Preach\, v. t. 1. To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. --Chaucer. The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. --Isa. lxi. 1. 2. To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching. ``I have preached righteousness in the great congregation.'' --Ps. xl. 9. 3. To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon. 4. To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. [R.] ``As ye are preached.'' --Southey. 5. To advise or recommend earnestly. My master preaches patience to him. --Shak. {To preach down}, to oppress, or humiliate by preaching. --Tennyson. {To preach up}, to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of; as, to preach up equality. \Preach\, n. [Cf. F. pr[^e]che, fr. pr[^e]cher. See {Preach}, v.] A religious discourse. [Obs.] --Hooker. |
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