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preachifying

preachifying is the present participle and gerund 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 preachifying

What is preachifying the present participle and gerund of?
Preachifying is the present participle and gerund of preachify.

Words near preachifying in the dictionary

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

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