Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To preach tediously and didactically.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To preach in a tedious or obtrusive way; give prolonged, tiresome moral advice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb colloq. To discourse in the manner of a preacher.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
preach didactically ; tosermonize
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements
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Examples
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Joshua had not spoken since Lilac's entrance, but Mrs Greenways, eyeing him nervously, felt sure he was preparing to "preachify."
White Lilac; or the Queen of the May Amy Walton 1873
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