preachify en · VERB
Etymology
From preach + -ify.
Meanings
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To preach didactically; to sermonize.
"Shut up your sarmons^([sic]), Pitt, when Miss Crawley comes down," said his father; "she has written to say that she won't stand the preachifying."
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| preachified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| preachified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| preachifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| preachifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |