*reach*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Breached p. pr. & vb. n. Breaching. ] To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Earshot. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot. “A seat in eyereach of him.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a wide range or effect; as, far-reaching (or extensive) forests; a far-reaching reform.
Syn. -- extensive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. (Naut.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Naut.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays. R. H. Dana, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in preaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

And for a villain's quick conversion
A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reach beyond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of reaching out; an effort to build connections from one person or group to another; as, the Police Department insituted a community outreach program. [ PJC ]

2. The extension of assistance or services to persons or groups not previously served. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overreached (Overraught obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To reach above or beyond in any direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/ [ PJC ]

v. i. 1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cheat by cunning or deception. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Preached p. pr. & vb. n. Preaching. ] [ OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. prêcher, fr. L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before + dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from (assumed) LL. praedictare. See Diction, and cf. Predicate, Predict. ] 1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon. [ 1913 Webster ]

How shall they preach, except they be sent? Rom. x. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

From that time Jesus began to preach. Matt. iv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. [ 1913 Webster ]

That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. Isa. lxi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching. “I have preached righteousness in the great congregation.” Ps. xl. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. [ R. ] “As ye are preached.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To advise or recommend earnestly. [ 1913 Webster ]

My master preaches patience to him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To preach down, to oppress, or humiliate by preaching. Tennyson. --
To preach up, to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of; as, to preach up equality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prêche, fr. prêcher. See Preach, v. ] A religious discourse. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. prêcheur, L. praedicator. ] 1. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects. [ 1913 Webster ]

How shall they hear without a preacher? Rom. x. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness. [ 1913 Webster ]

No preacher is listened to but Time. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preacher bird (Zool.), a toucan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a preacher. “The preachership of the Rolls.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Preach + -fy. ] To discourse in the manner of a preacher. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place. --
Preaching friars. See Dominican. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Preachmen A preacher; -- so called in contempt. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To retch. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An effort to vomit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope. [ 1913 Webster ]

And on the left hand, hell,
With long reach, interposed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am to pray you not to strain my speech
To grosser issues, nor to larger reach
Than to suspicion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land. “The river's wooded reach.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An artifice to obtain an advantage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reached Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaching. ] [ OE. rechen, AS. r&aemacr_;can, r&aemacr_;cean, to extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. rīce powerful, rich, E. rich. √115. ] 1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
Unto her heeles down they raughten. Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side. John xx. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
Their pampered boughs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

He reached me a full cup. 2 Esd. xiv. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear. [ 1913 Webster ]

O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
Than I may reach the beast. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as. [ 1913 Webster ]

If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before this letter reaches your hands. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To understand; to comprehend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Do what, sir? I reach you not. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To overreach; to deceive. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To stretch out the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strain after something; to make efforts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reaching above our nature does no good. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something. [ 1913 Webster ]

And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Gen. xxviii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam. [ 1913 Webster ]

To reach after or
To reach for or
To reach at, to make efforts to attain to or obtain. [ 1913 Webster ] He would be in the posture of the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being within reach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who reaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An exaggeration. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being beyond reach; lofty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unto a reachless pitch of praises hight. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adultery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. trichour, trichur, OF. tricheor deceiver, traitor, F. tricheur a cheat at play, a trickster. See Treachery. ] A traitor; a cheat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Treacher and coward both. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Treacher. ] Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loyal father of a treacherous son. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Faithless; perfidious; traitorous; false; insidious; plotting. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Treach"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Treach"er*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. trecherïe, trichere, OF. trecherie, tricherie, F. tricherie trickery, from tricher to cheat, to trick, OF. trichier, trechier; probably of Teutonic origin. See Trickery, Trick. ] Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a deep taint of treachery and corruption. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Treacher. ] A traitor. [ Obs. ] “Treachour full of false despite.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + preach. ] To undo or overthrow by preaching. [ R. ] De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]