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preachifies

preachifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 preachifies

What is preachifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preachifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preachify.

Words near preachifies in the dictionary

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

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