unpreach
unpreach verb: to undo or overthrow (something) by preaching; to revoke (something preached before).
Verb
unpreach (third-person singular simple present unpreaches, present participle unpreaching, simple past and past participle unpreached)
- To undo or overthrow (something) by preaching; to revoke (something preached before).
- The clergy their own principles denied: Unpreach'd their non-resisting cant, and pray'd / Their liberty and property's so dear1701 January (indicated as 1700), [Daniel Defoe], “(please specify the page)”, in The True-Born Englishman. A Satyr, [London: s.n.], →OCLC
- [Y]et for a priest of the Church of England, […] to show the white feather in the hour of need, is to unpreach in one minute all that he had been preaching his life-long.1855, Charles Kingsley, “How They Took the Pearls at Margarita”, in Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume II, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan &...
Forms of unpreach
| third-person singular present | unpreaches |
|---|---|
| present participle | unpreaching |
| past participle | unpreached |
| past | unpreached |
Origin of unpreach
From un- + preach.
Questions about unpreach
- What does unpreach mean?
- Unpreach means to undo or overthrow (something) by preaching; to revoke (something preached before).
- What part of speech is unpreach?
- Unpreach is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unpreach?
- The past tense of unpreach is unpreached.
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