'Preach' definitions:
Definition of 'preach'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Preach'
From: GCIDE
- Preach \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preached; p. pr. & vb. n. Preaching.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr. L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before + dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from (assumed) LL. praedictare. See Diction, and cf. Predicate, Predict.]
- 1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon. [1913 Webster]
- How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom. x. 15. [1913 Webster]
- From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv. 17. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Preach'
From: GCIDE
- Preach \Preach\, n. [Cf. F. pr[^e]che, fr. pr[^e]cher. See Preach, v.] A religious discourse. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Preach'
From: GCIDE
- Preach \Preach\, v. t.
- 1. To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. [1913 Webster]
- That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. --Isa. lxi. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching. "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation." --Ps. xl. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. [R.] "As ye are preached." --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To advise or recommend earnestly. [1913 Webster]
- My master preaches patience to him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To preach down, to oppress, or humiliate by preaching. --Tennyson.
- To preach up, to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of; as, to preach up equality. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preach'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- admonish,
- advise,
- advocate,
- catechize,
- caution,
- charge,
- counsel,
- deliver a lecture,
- discourse,
- encourage,
- enjoin,
- evangelize,
- exhort,
- explain,
- exposit,
- expostulate,
- expound,
- harangue,
- hold forth,
- homilize,
- incite,
- inculcate,
- induce,
- issue a caveat,
- lecture,
- minister,
- mission,
- missionary,
- moralize,
- move,
- persuade,
- point a moral,
- pontificate,
- preachify,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- prelect,
- prompt,
- prophesy,
- read a lesson,
- read a sermon,
- remonstrate,
- reprimand,
- sermonize,
- sermonizing,
- speak,
- talk,
- urge,
- warn