English
Etymology
By analogy teach : taught :: preach : X, where X praught. Apparently a modern jocular construction but taken seriously by some. In print, generally appearing as a nonce in a much-quoted doggerel verse, attributed by some to w:Phoebe Cary|Phoebe Cary in 1854, appearing in Punchinello 1.27 in 1870, there attributed to Amos Keeter<!-- pseudonym, a mosquito? -->. See quot. 1870.
Verb
praught
- nonstandard past of|preach
Quotations
1870 Amos Keeter, �The Lovers,� in w:Punchinello|Punchinello Vol. 1 No. 27. 1
1996-05-22 The Anglican Mailing List 2
2000-01-30 Larne Parish Homily Archive 3
2000-11-18 CHRIST AND CUPID: a sermon praught by Richard Major in the church of St Mark, Florence. [subtitle] 4
2002-08-16 The Church of Ireland Gazette Online 5
2004-05 Beautful Feet International Ministries 6
2004-06-01 Ian McLeod?'s Confusticated World 7
2005-09-19 Xander: And the Army is disciplined... 8
Synonyms
rfc-level|Synonyms at L4+ not in L3 POS section
preached
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