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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To proclaim or put forth in a sermon: preached the gospel.
  2. v. To advocate, especially to urge acceptance of or compliance with: preached tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
  3. v. To deliver (a sermon).
  4. v. To deliver a sermon.
  5. v. To give religious or moral instruction, especially in a tedious manner.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To make a public announcement; especially, to pronounce a public discourse upon a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; deliver a sermon.
  2. To give earnest advice, especially on religious or moral subjects; also, to give advice obtrusively on religious or moral matters.
  3. To proclaim as a herald; declare; make known; publish.
  4. To inculcate (especially religious or moral truth or right conduct) in public or private discourse.
  5. To deliver, as a public religious discourse; pronounce, as a sermon.
  6. To affect by preaching, in a manner indicated by the context: as, to preach one into a penitent or a rebellious mood.
  7. To silence or suppress by preaching: as, to preach down unbelief.
  8. n. A sermon; a religious discourse.

Wiktionary

  1. v. Give a sermon.
  2. v. Advocate or support verbally in an insisting, urging, or inciting manner.
  3. n. obsolete A religious discourse.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. 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.
  2. v. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
  3. v. To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
  4. v. To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
  5. v. To deliver or pronounce.
  6. v. rare To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
  7. v. To advise or recommend earnestly.
  8. n. obsolete A religious discourse.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. speak, plead, or argue in favor of
  2. v. deliver a sermon

Etymologies

  1. Middle English prechen, from Old French precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō. (Wiktionary)
  2. 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. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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