preace

English

Verb

preace (third-person singular simple present preaces, present participle preacing, simple past and past participle preaced)

1. Obsolete form of preach.
   • 1796, A New History of the Holy Bible, page 226:

     […] and so conspicuously did the excellence of this man appear, in preacing the gospel with courage and resolution, and in confirming his doctrine by the miracles which he wrought, that […]

   • 1805, The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, page 517:

     […] to take away […] one third part of the annual and similar collections for the sick poor of the Asylum and Dispensary, on the pretext that they preaced the Gospel to the poor.

Anagrams

• pearce, Pearce, repace