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preachify
preach·i·fy P0506000 (prē′chə-fī′)intr.v. preach·i·fied, preach·i·fy·ing, preach·i·fies Informal To preach tediously and didactically.
preach′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.preachify (ˈpriːtʃɪˌfaɪ) vb, -fies, -fying or -fied (intr) informal to preach or moralize in a tedious manner ˈpreachiˌfying npreach•i•fy (ˈpri tʃəˌfaɪ)
v.i. -fied, -fy•ing. to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way. [1765–75] preachify
Past participle: preachified
Gerund: preachifying
| Imperative | preachifypreachify |
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| Present | I preachifyyou preachifyhe/she/it preachifieswe preachifyyou preachifythey preachify |
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| Preterite | I preachifiedyou preachifiedhe/she/it preachifiedwe preachifiedyou preachifiedthey preachified |
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| Present Continuous | I am preachifyingyou are preachifyinghe/she/it is preachifyingwe are preachifyingyou are preachifyingthey are preachifying |
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| Present Perfect | I have preachifiedyou have preachifiedhe/she/it has preachifiedwe have preachifiedyou have preachifiedthey have preachified |
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| Past Continuous | I was preachifyingyou were preachifyinghe/she/it was preachifyingwe were preachifyingyou were preachifyingthey were preachifying |
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| Past Perfect | I had preachifiedyou had preachifiedhe/she/it had preachifiedwe had preachifiedyou had preachifiedthey had preachified |
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| Future | I will preachifyyou will preachifyhe/she/it will preachifywe will preachifyyou will preachifythey will preachify |
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| Future Perfect | I will have preachifiedyou will have preachifiedhe/she/it will have preachifiedwe will have preachifiedyou will have preachifiedthey will have preachified |
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| Future Continuous | I will be preachifyingyou will be preachifyinghe/she/it will be preachifyingwe will be preachifyingyou will be preachifyingthey will be preachifying |
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| Present Perfect Continuous | I have been preachifyingyou have been preachifyinghe/she/it has been preachifyingwe have been preachifyingyou have been preachifyingthey have been preachifying |
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| Future Perfect Continuous | I will have been preachifyingyou will have been preachifyinghe/she/it will have been preachifyingwe will have been preachifyingyou will have been preachifyingthey will have been preachifying |
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| Past Perfect Continuous | I had been preachifyingyou had been preachifyinghe/she/it had been preachifyingwe had been preachifyingyou had been preachifyingthey had been preachifying |
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| Conditional | I would preachifyyou would preachifyhe/she/it would preachifywe would preachifyyou would preachifythey would preachify |
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| Past Conditional | I would have preachifiedyou would have preachifiedhe/she/it would have preachifiedwe would have preachifiedyou would have preachifiedthey would have preachified |
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Thesaurus| Verb | 1.preachify - speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes"sermonise, sermonize, moralise, moralizeadvocate, preach - speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" |
preachify
Synonyms for preachifyverb speak as if delivering a sermonSynonyms- sermonise
- sermonize
- moralise
- moralize
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