2. 
preach 
A heated pulpiteer, 
Not preaching simple Christ to simple men, 
Announced the coming doom. 
Tennyson, Sea Dreams. 
To inculcate (especially religious or moral 
Missionaries . . . rarely make rapid way unless their 
preachingitM in with the prepossessions of the multitude 
of shallow thinkers. Uuxley, Pop. Scl. Mo., XXXVI. 761. 
preaching-cross (pre'ching-kr6s), n. A cross. 
I have preached righteousness in the great congrega- 
tion. p B gl 9 
Ungracious wretch, 
it for the mountains and the barbarous caves, 
Where manners ne'er wereprawA'd.' 
Shot., T. N., iv. 1. 53. 
Now as for spelling, I have always preached the extrem- 
est doctrine of liberty of spelling. At the utmost, I have 
only asked to be allowed to indulge my own fancies and 
to allow other people to Indulge theirs. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 41. 
3. To deliver, as a public religious discourse; 
pronounce, as a sermon. 
A lytylle thens, 28 Pas, is a Chapelle, and there in is the 
Ston on the whiche oure Lord sat whan he preclude the 
8 Blessynges. MandevUle, Travels, p. 96. 
4. To affect by preaching, in a manner indi- 
cated by the context: as, to preach one into a 
penitent or a rebellious mood. TO preach a fu- 
neral, to pronounce a public funeral discourse. | Colloq. ] 
We are almost at the end of books : these paper-works 
are now preaching their own funerali. 
Goad, Preface to Dell's Works. (Dacies.) 
To preacb down, (a) To decry; oppose in public dis- 
course. 
Last week came one to the county town, 
To preach our poor little army dmrn, 
ml play the game of the despot kings. 
Tennywn, Maud, x. 
Preaching cross at In 
Argyllshire, Scotland. 
preamble 
2. One who holds that there were men in ex- 
istence upon the earth before Adam. 
II. -'. 1. Existing or being prior to Adam. 
Some feign that he la Enoch ; others dream 
He was on- Adamite, and has survived 
Cycle* of generation and of ruin. Shelley, Hellas. 
The (ilnn are said to be of prmdamite origin, an inter- 
mediate class of beings between angels and men. 
K. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. S83. 
2. Pertaining to the preadamites; relating to 
the period of the world's history prior to the 
time of Adam: as, \\i<> prm<lntitiii theory, 
preadamitic (pre-ad-a-mit'ik), a. [< preadam- 
ite + -if.] Same as preadamite. 
preadamitical (pre-ad-a-mit'i-kal), a. Same 
as preadamitic. 
Upon what memorials do you ground the story of your 
pnr-adamitical transactions? 
(Jrntleman Intruded, p. 414. (Danrt.) 
preadaptation (pre-ad-ap-ta'shon), n. [< pre- 
+ adaptation.] Previous adaptation ; previous 
adjustment or conformation to some particular 
end. 
The movement* [ " Instinctive " appetites] are only more 
definite than those simply expressive of pain because of 
inherited preadaptation, on which account, of course, 
they are called "Instinctive.'' 
J. Ward, Encyc. Brit., XX. 78. 
preadjustment (pre-a-just'ment), . [< pre- + 
adjustment.] Previous adjustment or arrange- 
ment. J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 90. 
preadministration (pre-ad-min-is-tra'shon), 
erected on a highway or in an open place, to . [_< prc . + administration.] Previous "ad- 
mark a point where monks and others could as- ministration. Bp. Pearson, Expos, of Creed x 
semble the people for religious services. See preadmission (pre-ad-mish'on), n. [< pre- + 
death of Christ as the ground of salvation. To Preach CTO admission.] Previous admission, 
up, to discourse in favor of. preachmant (prech'man), n.; pi. preachmen An effect of lead Is to cause prd m uum- that!, to M y 
(-men), [(.preach + man.] Apreacher. How- admission before the end of the back stroke- which t 
ell, Letters, ii. 33. [Contemptuous.] gether with the compression of steam left in the cylinder 
preachment (preeh'ment), n. [< OF. preehe- *J' the exhaust port closes, 
(b) To silence or suppress by preaching : as, to preach 
down unbelief. To preach the cross, to proclaim the 
l..*. * /1V._1_*. *!._ _ _ _ r _ 
Can they preach up equality of birth? Dryden. 
preach (prech), n. [< OF. preehe, F. prMie, a 
preaching ; from the verb.] A sermon ; a re- 
ligious discourse. [Colloq.] 
According to this forme of theirs, it must stand for a 
rule: No sermon, no serulce. Which ouersight occa- 
sioned the French spitefully to terme religion In that sort 
exercised a mere preach. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 28. 
A word of his is as much as a whole preach of anybody's 
else. He says a word now and then, and it hits. 
Mn. Whitney, Leslie Goldthwaite, v. 
preacher (pre'cher), . [< ME. precher, prech- 
our, < OF. precheor, precheur, F. prfcheur = Pr. 
predieaire, prezlcaire = Sp. predicador = Pg. 
pregador = It. predicatore (cf. AS. predicere, 
D. prediker = MLG. predilcer, predeger = OHG. 
predigari,bredig(iri,J>lHG.bredigre,Q.prcdiger 
= Icel. predikari, with diff. suffix), a preacher, < 
L. prsedicator,one who declares in public, a pro- 
claimer, LL.and ML. a preacher, < priedicare, 
previously. 
These things thus preadmanahed, let us enquire what 
the undoubted meaning Is uf our Saviour's words. 
""[on, Judgement of M. Bucer on Divorce, xxx. 
ment, prettchement, preechement, preaching, dis- Kncyc. 
course, < ML. prirdicaineiitum, preaching, dis- Preadmonish (pre-ad-mon isli), t 
course, declaration, < L. prsedicare, declare, '"""owwft.j To admonish previ< 
LL. and ML. preach : see preach, and cf. pre- 
dicament.] A sermon; a lecture upon moral or 
religious subjects ; hence, in con tempt, any dis- 
course affectedly solemn, or full of obtrusive or Preadmomtion (pre-ad-mo-nish'on), n. [<pre- 
tedious advice. . admonition.] Previous warning or admoni- 
No doubt, such lessons they will teach the rest 
As by their preachment* they will proflt much. Tne ' atal preadmonilion of oaks bearing strange leave*. 
Marlmce, Edward II. Kvdyn. 
preadvertise (pre-ad'ver-tiz), r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. preadvertised, ppr. preadrertiiring. [<pre- + 
advertise.] To advertise or inform beforehand ; 
preacquaint. 
Adam, being prtadrrrtitfd by the vision, was presently 
ablt to pronounce, This Is now bone of my bone, and flesh 
of my flesh. Dr. H. Mart, Def. of Lit Cabbala, U. 
Was 't you that revell'd In our parliament, 
And made a preachment of your high descent? 
Shak., S Hen. VI., i. 4. 74. 
The sum of her iniquities is recounted by Knox in his 
" e citizens of Edinburgh. 
Stedman, Viet Poet*, p. 407. 
_ ive long-winded moral ad- nre ,rHval 
vice; of a tedious moralizing tendency, r^-i- p B ?? lval .' " 
loq.] 
preaches; one who discourses publicly, espe- 
cially on religious subjects ; specifically, a cler- 
gyman. 
There, where a few torn shrubs the place discfose, 
The village preacher'! modest mansion rose. 
Goldsmith, Des. Vil., L 140. preac<iuaillt (pre-a-kwant'), . t. 
2. One who inculcates or asseverates anything 
with earnestness. 
PP - lucccovivoi, . See preextiral. 
'" pre-albuminuric (pre-al-bu-mi-nu'rik), o. Pre- 
She has the art of making her typical good women real 
and attractive, while she never makes them prudish or 
preachy. The Academy, Oct. 19, 1889, p. 280. 
They are our outward consciences, 
And preachers to us all. Shale., Hen. V., iv. 1. 9. 
We have him still a perpetual Preacher of his own ver- 
tues. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xii. 
Friars preachers. See Dominican. Lay p 
layman, or one not ordained to the ministry, wh 
Local preacher. See local. The Preacher SeeEc- 
[<pre- + ae- 
To acquaint beforehand ; inform pre- 
viously. 
You have been pre acquainted with her birth, education, 
and qualities. II. Jonton, Epiccene, U. 3. 
Ill prc-acquaint her, that she mayn't be frightened. 
Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, iv. 1. 
ceding the occurrence of albuminuria: as, the 
prealbuminnric stage of Slight's disease, 
preallablyt, adv. [Tr. OF. prealablement, pre- 
viously ^< *preallabte (< OF. prealable, former, 
oiler, go) 
c e hes a Preacquaintance (pre-a-kwan'tans), . [<pre 
\eEc- + "fqiiaintance.] Previous acquaintance 01 
knowledge. 
or 
No 8wan dle i h ^^^""^ li! I h , ave ,,f I1 Sf- , , 
UrquAart, tr. of Eabelals, UL 21. (Dariei.) 
preamble (pre'am-bl), V.; pret. and pp. pre- 
ambled, ppr. preambling. [= Pg. preambular 
= K- preambolare, < LL. prteambulare, walk be- 
* ore - * L. prse, before, + ambulare, walk, pro- 
ceed: see pre- and amble.] I. intrant. 1. To 
preacher-in-the-pulpit (pre'cher-in-the-pul'- preact (pre-akf), p. t. [<pre- + act.] To act 8 before; precede; serve as a preamble. 
in tl n 'i'tip Rhnivv Arpliia tli-fliin eii/>/>//r7if'7iv Itff'oi'fliM lid : m>rfnrni nrp\HAiialv r>a)imai^iA I'M- :i fiMit fimli-r wi. mnwt )>.-.- ,,.,.*..,,* t.,\>.... 
beforehand; perform previously; rehearse. 
Those which, though acted after evening service, must 
needs be preacted by the fancy ... all the day before. 
Putter. (Webtter.) 
pit), . The showy orchis, Orchis spectabilis. 
[Pennsylvania.] 
preachership (pre'cher-ship), n. [< preacher 
+ -ship.] The office of a preacher, 
preachify(pre'chi-fi), v.i.; pret. and pp. preach- preaction (pre-ak'shon), w. [< pre- + action.] 
ified, ppr. preachifying. [< preach + -i-fy.] To Previous or antecedent action. Sir T. Brotcne. 
preach in a tedious or obtrusive way; grv 
jirolonged, tiresome moral advice. [Colloq.] 
"Shut up your sarmons, Pitt, when Miss Crawley comes preadamic (pre-a-dam'ik), a. [< pre- + Adatn- 
down," said his father; "she ha* written to say that she io.] Existing prior to Adam ; preadamite. 
won't stand the preachifying" Thackeray, Vanity Fair, x. preadamite (pre-ad'a-mit), tl. and O. [< NL. 
preaching (pre'ching), . [< ME. prechynge; prseadamita, < L. pfx, before, + LL. Adam, 
verbal n. of preach, v.] 1. The act or practice Adam: see Adamite.] I. n. 1. One who lived 
of delivering public discourses, particularly before Adam; an inhabitant of the earth be- 
upon moral or religious subjects ; the art of de- fore the date assigned to Adam. 
way; give Vulg. Err., ii. 2. 
preadt, r. See;>rfe. 
livering sermons. 
If preaching decay, ignorance and brutishness will enter 
again. Lattmer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1580. 
2. That which is preached ; a sermon; doctrine; 
theory. 
His preaching was a striking contrast to the elegant Ad- 
disonian essays of Tarson Lothrop. It was a vehement 
address to our intelligent and reasoning powers an ad- 
dress made telling by a back force of burning enthusiasm. 
U. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 441. 
He Is of great antiquity, perhaps before the creation, at 
least a prteadamite ; for Lucifer was the first of his family. 
Butler, Remains (ed. 1758), II. 408. 
In \\Miireadaniite she [Nature] bred valor only, by and- 
by she gets on to man, and adds tenderness, and thus 
raises virtue piecemeal. 
Kmenon, X. A. Rev., CXXVI. 406. 
The black races, then, are prcadamitet; and there Is no 
objection to allowing all the time requisite for their di- 
vergence from some common stock. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XIII. 499. 
Ere a foot furder we must bee content to heare a pre- 
ambling boast of your valour. 
Milton, On Def. of Hnmb. Kemonst 
2. To make a preamble ; preface one's remarks 
or actions; prelude. 
So we seemed to take leave one of another ; my Lord of 
me, desiring me that I would write to him, . . . which 
pnt together with what he preambled with yesterday, 
makes me think that my Lord do truly esteem me still. 
Pepyt, Diary, II. 148. 
II. tran/t. If. To walk over previously ; tread 
beforehand. 
Flfthlv |I will | take a through view of those who have 
preambled this by path. Jf. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 17. 
2. To preface ; introduce with preliminary re- 
marks. 
Some will preamble a tale impertinently. 
Feltham, Resolves, L 93. 
preamble (pre'am-bl), n. [< ME. preamble, < 
OF. "preamble, preambule, F. jtreambule = Sp. 
predmbulo = Pg. preambvlo = It. preambuf,, 
preamliiilo, < ML. prjrtimbula, jinr/tmbulum, a 
preamble, preface, fern, or neut. of LL. prie- 
ambultix, walking before, going before, < prtp- 
ambulare, walk before: see preamble, r.] 1. A 
