Sermonize

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sermonize
       v : speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements;
           "This man always sermonizes" [syn: {sermonise}, {preachify},
            {moralize}, {moralise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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