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   Preach

   /prēCH/

   

   verb

   • 1. deliver a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church: "he preached to a large congregation" Similar give a sermondeliver a sermonsermonizespread the gospelevangelizeaddressspeakrare:gospelize
   • ▪ publicly proclaim or teach (a religious message or belief): "a church that preaches the good news" Similar proclaimteachspreadpropagateexpoundexplainmake known
   • ▪ earnestly advocate (a belief or course of action): "my parents have always preached toleration and moderation" Similar advocaterecommendadviseurgeexhortteachcounselchampioninculcateinstil
   • ▪ give moral advice to someone in an annoying or pompously self-righteous way: "viewers want to be entertained, not preached at" Similar moralizebe moralisticsermonizepontificatelectureharangueinformal:preachifyrare:ethicize
   • ▪ used to affirm one's approval of or support for a stated opinion, advocated course of action, etc.: "“Please continue to speak up if you see bullying—it could save another's life.” “Preach!”"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French prechier, from Latin praedicare ‘proclaim’, in ecclesiastical Latin‘preach’, from prae ‘before’ + dicare ‘declare’.

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