transitive. To announce, proclaim, preach. Obsolete.

transitive. To preach to (a person). literal and figurative.

Const. of (the thing spoken of).

transitive. To proclaim, expound, or promulgate (a religious message, doctrine, etc.) by speaking in public. Also with clause as object.

intransitive. To preach (at a person).

transitive. To announce or declare publicly; to preach; to assert or affirm as true or existent. Also: †to praise or commend publicly, to extol (obs…

transitive. To preach a sermon to (rare); to talk seriously or earnestly to, ‘preach’ to, ‘lecture’.