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preach
verb [T] (PERSUADE) /priːtʃ/Definition
› to try to persuade other people to believe in a particular belief or follow a particular way of life: They preach the abolition of established systems but propose nothing to replace them.Urging and persuadingCausing somebody to act
(Definition of preach verb (PERSUADE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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