(to preach)

  • 81Practice What You Preach (song) — Practice What You Preach is the title of a number one R B single by singer Barry White. The hit song spent three weeks at number one on the US R B chart and reached #18 on the pop chart. The 1994 single also won a Soul Train Music Award for Best… …

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  • 82practice what you preach — do what you say people should do    If you want to hear truth, tell the truth. Practice what you preach …

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  • 83practise what you preach — practise what (you) preach British & Australian, American to do what you advise other people to do. I would have more respect for him if he practised what he preaches …

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  • 84practise what preach — practise what (you) preach British & Australian, American to do what you advise other people to do. I would have more respect for him if he practised what he preaches …

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  • 85practise what you preach — to behave in the same way that you try to persuade other people to behave Sometimes it s hard as a parent to practise what you preach …

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  • 86preachy — preach•y [[t]ˈpri tʃi[/t]] adj. preach•i•er, preach•i•est tediously or obtrusively didactic • Etymology: 1810–20 preach′i•ly, adv. preach′i•ness, n …

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  • 87Preached — Preach 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) …

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  • 88Preaching — Preach 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) …

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  • 89preacher — preach•er [[t]ˈpri tʃər[/t]] n. 1) rel a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel 2) a person who preaches • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME precho(u) r < OF prech(e) or, earlier preëch(e) or < LL praedicātor. See preach, or… …

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  • 90preachify — preach•i•fy [[t]ˈpri tʃəˌfaɪ[/t]] v. i. fied, fy•ing to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way • Etymology: 1765–75 …

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