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PROSELYTIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proselytize mean? 

PROSELYTIZE (verb)
  The verb PROSELYTIZE has 1 sense:

1. convert to another faith or religionplay

  Familiarity information: PROSELYTIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROSELYTIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they proselytize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it proselytizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: proselytized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: proselytized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: proselytizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert to another faith or religion

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

proselytise; proselytize

Hypernyms (to "proselytize" is one way to...):

convert (cause to adopt a new or different faith)

"Proselytize" entails doing...:

advocate; preach (speak, plead, or argue in favor of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

proselyte (a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism)


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