preach
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Is preach a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To give a sermon.Examples: "The minister has just preached from the Book of Psalms."; "One saint’s day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable."intransitive
2. (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.Examples: "The Spirit of the Lord God is vpon me, therefore hathe the Lord anointed me: he hathe ſent me to preache good tidings vnto the poore,[…]"transitive
3. (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.Examples: "My Mʳ preaches patience to him,[…]"transitive
4. (transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.Examples: "The Spirits of the Dead, / Quitting their mortal mansion, enter not, / As falsely ye are preached, their final seat / Of bliss, or bale;[…]"transitive
5. (intransitive) To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.intransitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A religious discourse.Examples: "he make peace in his preaches and play with esteem"obsolete
intj (English)
1. (slang) Used to express strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking).Examples: "– If you can't do the time, don't do the crime! – Preach!"Synonyms: churchslang
Definition source: Wiktionary