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preachify

preachify verb: to preach didactically; to sermonize.

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

Forms of preachify

third-person singular presentpreachifies
present participlepreachifying
past participlepreachified
pastpreachified

Origin of preachify

From preach + -ify.

Questions about preachify

What does preachify mean?
Preachify means to preach didactically; to sermonize.
What part of speech is preachify?
Preachify is a verb.
What is the past tense of preachify?
The past tense of preachify is preachified.

Words near preachify in the dictionary

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

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