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Definition preach

Etymology

From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedic?re, present active infinitive of praedic?.

The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”).

Verb

preach (third-person singular simple present preaches, present participle preaching, simple past and past participle preached or (nonstandard) praught)

1. (intransitive) To give a sermon.
2. (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
3. (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.
4. (transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
5. (intransitive) To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.

Noun

preach (plural preaches)

1. (obsolete) A religious discourse.

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