- preach, prophesy - deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
--1 is one way to lecture, talk
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun preachment1, noun preacher1, noun preaching1
Sam and Sue preach
- 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
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun preaching2
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody