Definition of Preachify

1. Verb. Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements. "Sam and Sue preachify"; "This man always sermonizes"


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

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Definition of Preachify

1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preachify

preachable
preached
preacher
preacher man
preacherly
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preacherships
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preachier
preachiest
preachification
preachified
preachifies
preachify (current term)
preachifying
preachily
preachiness
preachinesses
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preachman
preachmen
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preachments
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preachy
preacing

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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