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Webster 1913 Edition


Sermonize

Ser′mon-ize

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sermonized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sermonizing
.]
1.
To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.
2.
To inculcate rigid rules.
[R.]
Chesterfield.

Ser′mon-ize

,
Verb.
T.
To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons.
[R.]
Which of us shall sing or
sermonize
the other fast asleep?
Landor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sermonize

SER'MONIZE

,
Verb.
I.
1. To preach.
2. To inculate rigid rules.
3. To make sermons; to compose or write a sermons or sermons. [This is the sense in which the verb is generally used in the U. States.]

Definition 2024


sermonize

sermonize

English

Alternative forms

Verb

sermonize (third-person singular simple present sermonizes, present participle sermonizing, simple past and past participle sermonized)

  1. To speak in the manner of a sermon.
  2. To propagate one's morality with speech.
  3. To inculcate rigid rules.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chesterfield to this entry?)