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preach
English
Etymology
From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedic?. Doublet of predicate.
The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i?t??/
- Rhymes: -i?t?
Verb
preach (third-person singular simple present preaches, present participle preaching, simple past and past participle preached or (nonstandard) praught)
- (intransitive) To give a sermon.
- A learned local Muslim used to preach in the small mosque every Friday.
- (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
- The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
- (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.
- (transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
- 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer
- The Spirits of the Dead, / Quitting their mortal mansion, enter not, / As ye are preached, their final seat / Of bliss, or bale.
- 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer
- (intransitive) To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.
Derived terms
- preacher
- preachy
Related terms
- practice what one preaches, practise what one preaches
- preach to the choir
- preach to the converted
Translations
See also
- praught
Noun
preach (plural preaches)
- (obsolete) A religious discourse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hooker to this entry?)
Anagrams
- eparch, pearch
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predicament
English
Alternative forms
- prædicament (chiefly obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French, from Late Latin praedicamentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category, Medieval Latin also a preaching, discourse”), from Latin praedicare (“to declare, proclaim, predicate”); see predicate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???d?k?m?nt/
Noun
predicament (plural predicaments)
- A definite class, state or condition.
- An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.
- (logic) That which is predicated; a category
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:difficult situation
Related terms
- preach
- predicate
Translations
See also
- can of worms
- difficulty
- kettle of fish
- tight spot
- trouble
References
- predicament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- predicament in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- predicament at OneLook Dictionary Search
Romanian
Etymology
From French prédicament.
Noun
predicament n (plural predicamente)
- predicament
Declension
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