preace

Verb

preach (third-person singular simple present preaches, present participle preaching, simple past and past participle preached or (nonstandard) praught)

1. (intransitive) To give a sermon.
   • Our pastor can preach very well.
2. (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
   • 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,[…]1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, →OCLC, Isaiah LXI:1, folio 304...
3. (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.
   • My Mʳ preaches patience to him,[…]c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
4. (transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
   • The Spirits of the Dead, / Quitting their mortal mansion, enter not, / As falsely ye are preached, their final seat / Of bliss, or bale;[…]1801, Robert Southey, “The Ninth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 149
5. (intransitive) To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.
   • Papa, don't preach, I'm in trouble, deep / Papa, don't preach, I've been losing sleep1986, Brian Elliot, Madonna, “Papa Don't Preach”, performed by Madonna

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