2 entries under this word

Sermonize

Sĕr'mon-īze, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons. [Rare.] Which of us shall sing or sermonize the other fast asleep. Landor.

Sĕr'mon-ize, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. SERMONIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. SERMONIZING.]

To make sermons; to compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.
To inculcate rigid rules. [Rare.] Chesterfield.