preach
/pɹit͡ʃ/ verb C1- To give a sermon. · Our pastor can preach very well.
- To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
- To advise or recommend earnestly.
- To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
- To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.
He/she/it preaches · Past preached · Past participle preached · -ing form preaching
Verb forms
- Base form
- preach
- He/she/it
- preaches
- Past
- preached
- Past participle
- preached
- -ing form
- preaching
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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You must feel it; and the usual satisfaction of preaching patience to a sufferer is denied me, because you have always so much.”
We want something more than mere theory and preaching now, though.
Allan preach magnificent sermons?
They can have such an influence for good, if their theology is sound; and it must be thrilling to preach splendid sermons and stir your hearers’ hearts.
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