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[syn: sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sermonize \Ser"mon*ize\, v. t.
To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of
a sermon or of sermons. [R.]
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Which of us shall sing or sermonize the other fast
asleep? --Landor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sermonize \Ser"mon*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sermonized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Sermonizing.]
1. To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.
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2. To inculcate rigid rules. [R.] --Chesterfield.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sermonize
v 1: speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements;
"This man always sermonizes" [syn: sermonize,
sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "sermonize":
deliver a lecture, descant, dilate, discourse, discuss, dissert,
dissertate, evangelize, expatiate, explain, exposit, expound,
harangue, hold forth, homilize, lecture, moralize, point a moral,
preach, preachify, prelect, read a lesson, read a sermon