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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. deliver a sermon;
- Example: "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
[syn: preach, prophesy]

2. speak, plead, or argue in favor of;
- Example: "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
[syn: preach, advocate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Preach \Preach\, n. [Cf. F. pr[^e]che, fr. pr[^e]cher. See Preach, v.] A religious discourse. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

preach v 1: deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" [syn: preach, prophesy] 2: speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" [syn: preach, advocate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "preach": 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