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  • 1preach — I. v. a. 1. Proclaim (as in a religious discourse), declare, publish, pronounce, deliver. 2. Inculcate, teach, urge, press urgently. II. v. n. 1. Deliver sermons, discourse on religious subjects. 2. Prate sanctimoniously, exhort over righteously …

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