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Definition of Preachify
1. Verb. Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements. "Sam and Sue preachify"; "This man always sermonizes"
Generic synonyms: Advocate, Preach
Derivative terms: Moralisation, Moralization, Moralizing, Preachification, Sermon, Sermon, Sermoniser, Sermon, Sermon, Sermonizer
Definition of Preachify
1. v. i. To discourse in the manner of a preacher.
Definition of Preachify
1. Verb. To preach didactically; to sermonize ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preachify
1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preachify
Literary usage of Preachify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"If we give alms for our own pleasure rather than to do good, it seems to me just
a selfish indulgence. " Na, na, I didna preachify ; I sat me down and ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"It mighty kind on yo' to come down into de Holler for to preachify to me, but Ah
jus' can't afford to hearken to yo'. Ah got all my chillun to support— ..."
3. Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourses Thereon by Arthur Helps (1885)
"As for you, you must not preachify overmuch. Of course all things are right.
The gloomy view, such at least as Mr. Midhurst will take, cannot, I think, ..."
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