资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Preach \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Preaching}.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr.
   L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before +
   dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from
   (assumed) LL. praedictare. See {Diction}, and cf.
   {Predicate}, {Predict}.]
   1. 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.

            How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom.
                                                  x. 15.

            From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv.
                                                  17.

   2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse
      in the manner of a preacher.