Verb preach has 2 senses
  1. preach, prophesy - deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
    --1 is one way to lecture, talk
    Derived forms: noun preachment1, noun preacher1, noun preaching1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue preach
  2. preach, advocate - speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
    --2 is one way to urge, urge on, press, exhort
    Derived form: noun preaching2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
    Somebody ----s to somebody
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