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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; to sermonize

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

  • 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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