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preachified

preachified is the simple past and past participle of preachify.

Meaning of preachify

Verb

preachify (third-person singular simple present preachifies, present participle preachifying, simple past and past participle preachified)

  1. To preach didactically; to sermonize.
    • "Shut up your sarmons^([sic]), Pitt, when Miss Crawley comes down," said his father; "she has written to say that she won't stand the preachifying."1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Questions about preachified

What is preachified the simple past and past participle of?
Preachified is the simple past and past participle of preachify.

Words near preachified in the dictionary

  1. preachest
  2. preacheth
  3. preachier
  4. preachiest
  5. preachification
  6. preachified
  7. preachifies
  8. preachify
  9. preachifying
  10. preachily
  11. preachin'

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