praught

== English == === Etymology === Derived from preach by analogy with teach : taught. 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 Phoebe Cary in 1854, appearing in Punchinello 1.27 in 1870, there attributed to Amos Keeter. See quot. 1870. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɹɔːt/ Rhymes: -ɔːt === Verb === praught (nonstandard or humorous) simple past and past participle of preach 1996-05-22 The Anglican Mailing List [1] [...] I don't remember the earnest soul who praught it [...] 2000-01-30 Larne Parish Homily Archive [2] They praught in the synagogue every Sabbath, week in, week out. 2000-11-18 CHRIST AND CUPID: a sermon praught by Richard Major in the church of St Mark, Florence. [subtitle] [3] 2002-08-16 The Church of Ireland Gazette Online [4] [...] including, by the way, York Minster where in 1999 he praught at the consecration of a new area bishop. 2004-05 Beautful Feet International Ministries [5] So, I ‘praught’ at this group (median age of late 60’s-70’s J) just like they were teenagers [...] 2004-06-01 Ian McLeod's Confusticated World [6] Yesterday our new preacher praught a very good lesson, in which he stated [...] 2005-09-19 Xander: And the Army is disciplined... [7] I went to Balga Corps in the morning, then praught at a youth meeting at Morley Corps in the evening. ==== Synonyms ==== preached