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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish predike, borrowed from Old English predician or Old Saxon predikōn, from Latin praedicō (“to announce, (Christian) to preach”). Compare also Swedish predika, German predigen, Dutch prediken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɛðəkə/, , or (in the transferred meaning also) IPA(key): /prɛːkə/,
Verb
prædike (past tense prædikede, past participle prædiket)
- (religion) to preach (to give a sermon)
- (figuratively) to preach, sermonize (to give a moralizing speech)
- Synonym: præke
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