preachify

English

Etymology

preach +‎ -ify

Verb

preachify (third-person singular simple present preachifies, present participle preachifying, simple past and past participle preachified)

1. To preach didactically; to sermonize.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     "Shut up your sarmons^[sic], Pitt, when Miss Crawley comes down," said his father; "she has written to say that she won't stand the preachifying."