- (v.t.) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
- (v.i.) To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
- (v.t.) To advise or recommend earnestly.
- (v.t.) To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
- (v.t.) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
- (v.) A religious discourse.
- (v.t.) To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.
- (v.i.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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