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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preach.

Etymologies

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preach + -eth

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Examples

  • Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

    The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations 2008

  • I have no church, so I preacheth way tooith fu****in much!

    Think Progress » Why Bush’s Case On Iraq Was Different From Clinton’s 2005

  • So that the rule is perfect rule is perfect on both sides: that he is a true prophet which preacheth the Messiah already come, in the person of Jesus; and he a false one that denieth him come, and looketh for him in some future impostor that shall take upon him that honour falsely, whom the Apostle there properly calleth

    Leviathan 2007

  • But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Or they listen to an old roving howl — and growl – piper, who hath learnt from the sad winds the sadness of sounds; now pipeth he as the wind, and preacheth sadness in sad strains.

    Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none 2001

  • Passion for power: the terrible teacher of great contempt, which preacheth to their face to cities and empires: “Away with thee!” — until a voice crieth out of themselves: “Away with ME!”

    Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none 2001

  • “Fundamentally standeth everything still” —: but CONTRARY thereto, preacheth the thawing wind!

    Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none 2001

  • Or they look for long evenings at a crafty, lurking cross – spider, that preacheth prudence to the spiders themselves, and teacheth that “under crosses it is good for cobweb – spinning!”

    Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none 2001

  • For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

    2 Corinthians 11. 1999

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