Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Predicá-re, v. a.
1. to preach; 2. to pray, entreat, beseech; 3. to cry up, preach, praise, extol. — a'porri, to talk to stock and stones;4. to teach, warn; 5. to divulge; s. m. Predicá-tóre,f. Predicá-tríce; adj. Predicá-nte.
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predicare: to preach, to make a Sermon, to publish or declare openly. Also to praise and commend in open speeches. Also to perswade vnto by faire words.