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preach

[preech]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).

2.	to deliver (a sermon).

3.	to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to deliver a sermon.

5.	to give earnest advice, as on religious or moral subjects or the like.

6.	to do this in an obtrusive or tedious way.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME prechen < OF pre(ë)chier < LL praedicāre to preach (L: to assert publicly, proclaim). See predicate

Synonyms:
5. advocate, profess, pronounce, expound.

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preach (prēch)

v. preached, preach·ing, preach·es

v. tr.

To proclaim or put forth in a sermon: preached the gospel.
To advocate, especially to urge acceptance of or compliance with: preached tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
To deliver (a sermon).

v. intr.

To deliver a sermon.
To give religious or moral instruction, especially in a tedious manner.

[Middle English prechen, from Old French preechier, from Late Latin praedicāre, from Latin, to proclaim : prae-, pre- + dicāre, to proclaim; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
preach'ing·ly adv.

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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) 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

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

Preach\, n. [Cf. F. pr[^e]che, fr. pr[^e]cher. See Preach, v.] A religious discourse. [Obs.] --Hooker.

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Language Translation for : preach

Spanish: predicar,

German: predigen,

Japanese: 説教する

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preach

late O.E. predician, a loan word from Church L., reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from O.Fr. prechier (11c.), from L.L. predicare "to proclaim publicly, announce" (in M.L. "to preach"), from L. præ- "forth" + dicare "to proclaim, to say" (see diction). To preach to the converted is recorded from 1867. Preacher (c.1225) is from O.Fr. preecheor, from L. prædicatorem (nom. prædicator), lit. "proclaimer." Slang short form preach (n.) is recorded from 1968.

preach

In addition to the idiom beginning with preach, also see practice what you preach.

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