preach

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To give a religious talk, especially in a church service.

   The pastor preached about forgiveness on Sunday morning.

2. 2
   verb

   To strongly recommend a belief or way of behaving, often in an annoying way.

   He's always preaching about the benefits of eating healthily.

3. 3
   intj

   Used to express strong agreement with what someone has just said.

   "We deserve better pay for this work." "Preach!"

From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).

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