·v A religious discourse.
II. Preach ·vt To advise or recommend earnestly.
III. Preach ·vt To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.
IV. Preach ·vt To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
V. Preach ·vt To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
VI. Preach ·vt To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
VII. Preach ·vi To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
VIII. Preach ·vi 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.