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preachified

verb

past tense of preachify
as in preached

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  1. preached
  2. evangelized
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  • The nearly 33-year-old Lindor has long preached playing for each other and sticking together as a team.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The two rituals have unfolded in parallel since the Christian church’s pastor, Sarah Lucas, preached a sermon condemning Arapaho ceremonial ways.
    — Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of preached
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  • Catholics began to resurface around 1837 with another wave of European migrants who evangelized in the streets and in the name of the poor and immigrants.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • As the genre eventually called alt-country calcified in Souled American’s wake, luminaries like John Darnielle, Will Oldham, and Tweedy himself all evangelized about the Chicago group without ever replicating their sound.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of evangelized
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“Preachified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachified. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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