preach
Meaning
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- To give a sermon.
- To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
- To advise or recommend earnestly.
- To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
- To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.
Synonyms
give a sermon
declare
make a speech
make public
deliver a sermon
tell forth
skipe
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹiːt͡ʃ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō. Doublet of predicate. 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”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).
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