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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)

  1. to deliver a sermon.
  2. to give earnest advice, as on religious or moral subjects or the like.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. to give earnest advice in an obtrusive or tedious way.

preach

/ ±è°ù¾±Ë³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. to make known (religious truth) or give religious or moral instruction or exhortation in (sermons)
  2. to advocate (a virtue, action, etc), esp in a moralizing way
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è°ù±ð²¹³¦³ó²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ç³Ü³Ù·±è°ù±ð²¹³¦³ó verb (used with object)
  • ³Ü²Ô·±è°ù±ð²¹³¦³ó±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of preach1

1175–1225; Middle English prechen < Old French pre ( ë ) chier < Late Latin ±è°ù²¹±ð»å¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to preach ( Latin: to assert publicly, proclaim). See predicate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of preach1

C13: from Old French prechier, from Church Latin ±è°ù²¹±ð»å¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð, from Latin: to proclaim in public; see predicate
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. preach to the choir. preach to the choir.

More idioms and phrases containing preach

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

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“He liberated us the moment he walked into the White House,†his followers continue to preach.

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Just "Bishop Justin" now, with no pulpit to preach from, and perhaps not much to lose.

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Among his discoveries are editorial missives by Siegfried that preach global disarmament.

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What are some of the most common but not talked about symptoms of menopause and some of the best remedies you preach?

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Instead, the pope has lived and preached what Jesus commanded his followers to do in the Sermon on the Mount, which to the right might as well be the Communist Manifesto nowadays.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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