Ser"mon*ize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sermonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sermonizing (?).]
1.
To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.
2.
To inculcate rigid rules.
[R.]
Chesterfield.
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Ser"mon*ize, v. t.
To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons.
[R.]
Which of us shall sing or sermonize the other fast asleep?
Landor.
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