CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PREACHIFY
PRESENT
Present
I preachify
you preachify
he/she/it preachifies
we preachify
you preachify
they preachify
Present continuous
I am preachifying
you are preachifying
he/she/it is preachifying
we are preachifying
you are preachifying
they are preachifying
Present perfect
I have preachified
you have preachified
he/she/it has preachified
we have preachified
you have preachified
they have preachified
Present perfect continuous
I have been preachifying
you have been preachifying
he/she/it has been preachifying
we have been preachifying
you have been preachifying
they have been preachifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I preachified
you preachified
he/she/it preachified
we preachified
you preachified
they preachified
Past continuous
I was preachifying
you were preachifying
he/she/it was preachifying
we were preachifying
you were preachifying
they were preachifying
Past perfect
I had preachified
you had preachified
he/she/it had preachified
we had preachified
you had preachified
they had preachified
Past perfect continuous
I had been preachifying
you had been preachifying
he/she/it had been preachifying
we had been preachifying
you had been preachifying
they had been preachifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will preachify
you will preachify
he/she/it will preachify
we will preachify
you will preachify
they will preachify
Future continuous
I will be preachifying
you will be preachifying
he/she/it will be preachifying
we will be preachifying
you will be preachifying
they will be preachifying
Future perfect
I will have preachified
you will have preachified
he/she/it will have preachified
we will have preachified
you will have preachified
they will have preachified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been preachifying
you will have been preachifying
he/she/it will have been preachifying
we will have been preachifying
you will have been preachifying
they will have been preachifying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would preachify
you would preachify
he/she/it would preachify
we would preachify
you would preachify
they would preachify
Conditional continuous
I would be preachifying
you would be preachifying
he/she/it would be preachifying
we would be preachifying
you would be preachifying
they would be preachifying
Conditional perfect
I would have preachify
you would have preachify
he/she/it would have preachify
we would have preachify
you would have preachify
they would have preachify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been preachifying
you would have been preachifying
he/she/it would have been preachifying
we would have been preachifying
you would have been preachifying
they would have been preachifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you preachify
we let´s preachify
you preachify
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
preachified
Present Participle
preachifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREACHIFY»
Discover the use of
preachify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
preachify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. preach, q.v. preachify. To deliver a (tedious) sermon; moralise wearisomely:
coll.: 1775 (S. J. Pratt: OED). preachifying. Tedious moralising: coll.: 1828 (OED).
Ex preachify. Cf. preachification. preachiness. The being preachy, q.v.: coll.
2
Reader's Digest Oxford complete wordfinder
L preach (as prae-, dicare declare)] □ 1 a deliver a sermon, sermonize, colloq.
preachify. b teach, proclaim, evangelize, expound, propagate, explain; see also
interpret 1, 2. 2 moralize, sermonize, lecture, pontificate, colloq. preachify; see
also ...
Reader's Digest Association, 1996
3
The Works of Thomas Hood: Comic and Serious, in Prose and ...
... good as a bidding at any time, and if you show yourself again at the meet, l'll
lay 'em on.” “ And for my part,” said Old Mat, “as soon as the quest's over,—I can't
preachify, but I can fight a bit, and never did long so to crack a jawbone as yours.
4
Ellesmere's plan for a new essay. On the miseries of human ...
As for you, you must not preachify over much. Of course all things are right. The
gloomy view, such at least as Mr. Midhurst will take, cannot, I think, be the sound
one. At any rate, it is not the pious one. But you must not come in too soon with ...
5
The Quest Of Millie Blackbeard
The chief elder of smallplace, a small bitter looking man, was just making his way
to the high tier; it was his right to be the last one to preachify to the habitants. His
bright feathered plumage was biggerful than all the other hemen in the bighall; ...
... hole in a hornet's nest with his bare foot, turn about right, and then preachify on
the seeds of vicious circles planted in the dragon's pool! It's just the style he used
to set it all up amid disorder that daunted my expectations. I'm going to turn my ...
7
The occupations of a retired life, by Edward Garrett
If we give alms for our own pleasure rather than to do good, it seems to me just a
selfish indulgence." " Na, na, I didna preachify ; I sat me down and talkit it over.
An' first I asked, 'Did ye never want help yoursel'?' And they fired up, and said ...
Isabella Fyvie Mayo, 1868
8
Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon
... and, in short, the dismal man triumphed, as he generally will succeed in doing.
" For that reason I see I must incline a great deal to Milverton's side of the
argument. As for you, you must not preachify over much. Of course all things are
right.
9
Tossed on the Waves, a story of young life
But there,” said Bill, seeing that Bob looked fidgetty, and not best pleased with the
turn conversation had taken—“ there, I ain't going to preachify, only I felt
downhearted somehow at going away, and I thought saying good wishes would
set me ...
10
Garner's Modern American Usage
The word is used in a mocking or derogatory way. See preachify. speed > sped >
sped. The best past-tense and pastparticipial form is sped, not ✳speeded—
except in the phrasal verb speed up (= to accelerate) <she speeded up to 80
m.p.h.>.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREACHIFY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
preachify is used in the context of the following news items.
Dr. Kofi Dompere On Nkrumah's Scientific Thinking 9
... Nkrumah's contemporaneous enemies and their current ideological scions preachify that Nkrumah was not even a Ghanaian, to start with. «GhanaWeb, Jan 15»
Shania Twain vegetarian but not about to preachify
Shania Twain, shown in December with husband Frederic Thiebaud at the finish line of the Ninth annual Opportunity Village Great Santa Run ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jan 14»
Obamacare(s) for Women
He made noted sexist Larry Summers director of the National Economic Council and invited the even more sexist Rick Warren to preachify at ... «The Nation., Jul 12»
Sunday Service at Obama-Hater Pastor Steve Anderson's Tempe …
Anderson opened by leading congregants in a few hymns, then proceeded to preachify. There was nothing about Obama in this sermon. «Phoenix New Times, Sep 09»
