(1):
(v. i.) To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.
(2):
(v. t.) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
(3):
(v. t.) To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
(4):
(v.) A religious discourse.
(5):
(v. i.) To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
(6):
(v. t.) To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.
(7):
(v. t.) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
(8):
(v. t.) To advise or recommend earnestly.