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PREACHIFY

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Irregular inflected form: preachified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they preachify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it preachifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: preachified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: preachified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: preachifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgementsplay

Example:

This man always sermonizes

Synonyms:

moralise; moralize; preachify; sermonise; sermonize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "preachify" is one way to...):

advocate; preach (speak, plead, or argue in favor of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue preachify


Derivation:

preachification (moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner)

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