"sermonize" meaning in English

See sermonize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sermonize [canonical], sermonizes [third-person, singular], sermonized [past], sermonized [past, participle], sermonizing [present, participle]
Etymology: * sermon + -ize Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|sermon|ize}} sermon + -ize Head templates: {{verb|sermoniz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you sermonize a person, you give tell them how they should behave so as to be a better person.
    Sense id: simple-sermonize-en-verb-5lBVofGc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ize
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