| Preach 1. (v. i.) To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon. 2. (v. i.) To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher. 3. (v. t.) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. 4. (v. t.) To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching. 5. (v. t.) To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon. 6. (v. t.) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. 7. (v. t.) To advise or recommend earnestly. 8. (n.) A religious discourse. Thesaurus Entries address, admonish, advise, advocate, catechize, caution, charge, counsel, deliver a lecture, discourse, encourage, enjoin, evangelize, exhort, explain, exposit, expostulate, expound, harangue, hold forth, homilize, incite, inculcate, induce, issue a caveat, lecture, minister, mission, missionary, moralize, move, persuade, point a moral, pontificate, preachify, preaching, preachment, prelect, prompt, prophesy, read a lesson, read a sermon, remonstrate, reprimand, sermonize, sermonizing, speak, talk, urge, warn |