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Preach

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.

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Manner of action 4

Evangelize 76% connected

To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Moralize 76% connected

To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

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Preachify 76% connected

To discourse in the manner of a preacher.

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Sermonize 76% connected

To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.

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Exhort 76% connected

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lecture 76% connected

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Urge 76% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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Derivationally related 10

Advocacy 74% connected

The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Advocacy 74% connected

The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

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Advocate 74% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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Advocate 74% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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Discourse 74% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Discourse 74% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preacher 74% connected

One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preacher 74% connected

One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.

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Preachment 74% connected

A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively.

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Preachment 74% connected

A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively.

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Advocate 92% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prophesy 92% connected

To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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