sermonize

from 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}]

from 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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from 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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from 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

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