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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements;
- Example: "This man always sermonizes"
[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.] [1913 Webster] Which of us shall sing or sermonize the other fast asleep? --Landor. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To inculcate rigid rules. [R.] --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
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