单词 | outpreach |
释义 | outpreachv. 1. transitive. To outdo in preaching; to preach more or better than. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)] > outdo in preaching outpreach?1567 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxviii. 184 Such good effect: god gaue hys word: to them þt shewd his might They dyd out preach: his armies strong: how they exceld in sight. 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations vii. 185 Able to outpreach all the Oratours you ever heard from the Pulpit. a1699 J. Beaumont Psyche (1702) xvi. clxvii. 254 Nor shall His Tongue's admired Multiplicity Outpreach my Orators. 1745 E. Young Consolation 114 Till Then, be This, an Emblem of my Grave: Let it out-preach the Preacher. 1793 W. Linn in William & Mary Q. (1947) 4 150 The only way to counteract them is to outpray and outpreach them. 1854 S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life S. Wilberforce (1881) II. vi. 249 Dissenters outpreach them. 1876 A. H. Redford Western Cavaliers 362 The Agent of Augusta College, who often outpreaches any of them. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. iii. 430 I'll be a minister..I'll out-preach Saint Bernard. 2000 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 12 Dec. 13 Colonel Margaret Hay..outpreached five other clerics..to win the title. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)] > out of existence outpreach1826 1826 H. H. Milman Anne Boleyn (1827) 156 Think you your crimes and murders..Will not out-preach you from the face of earth? a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1863) 4th Ser. lv. 415 Outpray,—outpreach,—outlive the calumny. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?1567 |
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