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PREACHIFY (preachified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does preachify mean?
• PREACHIFY (verb)
The verb PREACHIFY has 1 sense:
1. speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements
Familiarity information: PREACHIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they preachify
... he / she / it preachifies

Past simple: preachified

Past participle: preachified

-ing form: preachifying





Past simple: preachified


Past participle: preachified


-ing form: preachifying


Sense 1
Meaning:
Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
moralise; moralize; preachify; sermonise; sermonize
Context example:
This man always sermonizes
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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