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preachify

Verb (usu participle)

preach=i=fy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

preachify(v = verb.communication) moralise, moralize, sermonise, sermonize - speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes"

is one way to advocate, preach

Derived form noun preachification₁

Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue preachify

preachify, v. i. [Preach + -fy.].

To discourse in the manner of a preacher. Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

preachify, v.intr. (-ies, -ied) colloq. preach or moralize tediously.

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