(to preach)
21preach — index address (talk to), declaim, educate, inculcate, recite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
22preach|er|ship — «PREE chuhr shihp», noun. the office of a preacher …
23preach|ment — «PREECH muhnt», noun. 1. the act or practice of preaching. 2. a long, tiresome sermon or speech: »Most parents tend to rely on preachments to impart their values to their children (Sidonie M. Gruenberg) …
24preach — 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]… …
25preach */ — 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… …
26preach — 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… …
27preach — [[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 …
28preach — 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 …
29preach — 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 …
30preach — [13] Preach goes back ultimately to Latin praedicāre ‘proclaim’ (source also of English predicament and predicate). Its Old French descendant was prechier, whence English preach (English had actually acquired the word before, directly from Latin… …
