verb
To give a sermon.
Our pastor can preach very well.
One saint’s day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
The Spirit of the Lord God is vpon me, therefore hathe the Lord anointed me: he hathe ſent me to preache good tidings vnto the poore,[…]
To advise or recommend earnestly.
My Mʳ preaches patience to him,[…]
To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
The Spirits of the Dead, / Quitting their mortal mansion, enter not, / As falsely ye are preached, their final seat / Of bliss, or bale;[…]
To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.
noun
A religious discourse.
he make peace in his preaches and play with esteem
intj
Used to express strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking).
– If you can't do the time, don't do the crime! – Preach!