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stem(2)(dictionary)
stem(3)(dictionary)
stem(4)(dictionary)
stem(5)(dictionary)
stem(encyclopedia)
Stem(medicine)
STEM(dictionary)
Stem cell(health)
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preach (iou) and stem(5) (iou)


preach (iou)



preach verb. ME.

verb intrans. Deliver a sermon or religious address. ME.
E. Wilson The great Calvinist evangelist..who preached every Sunday..and reduced his congregation to weeping. Grimsby Evening Telegraph A baptist minister who preaches against gambling.
b. Utter an earnest exhortation. Now usu., give moral or religious advice in an obtrusive or tiresome way (foll. by at). LME.
G. B. Shaw When you have preached at and punished a boy until he is a mad cripple.
verb trans. Publicly proclaim or expound (God, a religious message, etc.); advocate or teach with earnest exhortation. ME.
B. Bunting I am not preaching the simple life to those who enjoy being rich. S. Biko The bible must..preach that it is a sin. S. Terkel I heard the gospel preached in its fullness.
verb trans. Address, esp. on a religious subject; preach to. ME-E18.
verb trans. Formerly, utter publicly. Now only, deliver (a sermon or a religious address). LME.
G. Greene Mr Powell is made to preach a sermon to the assembled family on social reform.
verb trans. Bring into or out of some specified state by preaching. E17.
Jonson We had a Preacher that would preach folke asleepe still.
Phrases: preach down decry or oppose by preaching; silence by preaching. preaching friar a Dominican friar. preach to the converted commend an opinion to those who already assent to it. preach up extol by preaching; speak in praise of.
preachable adjective LME.

stem(5) (iou)



stem verb2. Infl. -mm-. LME.
[from STEM noun1.]
I. Nautical.
a. verb intrans. Head in a certain direction, keep a course. LME.
Milton They on the..Flood..Ply stemming nightly toward the Pole.
b. verb trans. Make headway or hold one's own against, resist, (a tide, current, wind, etc.). L16.
J. K. Tuckey Though the current was running scarcely three miles an hour..[the ship]..barely stemmed it. fig.: Sir W. Scott Stemming the furious current of..contending parties.
c. verb trans. Direct, maintain the direction of, (a vessel). L16.
verb trans. Dash against, ram, (a vessel). LME-L15.
verb trans. Provide (a ship) with a stem. rare. L16.
II.
verb intrans. Rise erect; grow (up). Now rare. L16.
verb intrans. Produce a stem. M17-L18.
verb trans.
a. Remove the fibrous stalks and midribs from (tobacco). E18.
b. Remove the stalks from (currants, grapes, etc.). L19.
verb intrans. Beg on the street. Cf. STEM noun1 6b. US slang. E20.
verb intrans. Derive, originate, or spring from. Also, extend back to in origin. M20.
Times Literary Supplement Doubt and conflict..stemming back to the ancient world. H. S. Strean Desire for revenge stems from fury at being overcontrolled.