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proselytize
[
pros
-
uh
-li-tahyz
]
Example Sentences
Origin
pros·e·lyt·ize
/
ˈprɒs
ə
lɪˌtaɪz
/
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[
pros
-
uh
-li-tahyz
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object),
verb
(used without object),
pros·e·lyt·ized,
pros·e·lyt·iz·ing.
to convert or attempt to convert as a
proselyte
;
recruit.
Also,
especially British
,
pros·e·lyt·ise
.
Origin:
1670–80;
proselyte
+
-ize
Related forms
pros·e·lyt·is·tic
/
ˌprɒs
ə
lɪˈtɪs
tɪk
,
-laɪ-
/
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[
pros-
uh
-li-
tis
-tik
,
-lahy-
]
Show IPA
,
adjective
pros·e·lyt·i·za·tion,
noun
pros·e·lyt·iz·er,
noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Its fans are thrilled to have discovered music so lofty and serene, and often
proselytize
for it.
Before you
proselytize
to us, purport to know of what you declare.
Early on, chaplains learn not to
proselytize
or offer glib answers to searching questions.
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Its fans are thrilled to have discovered music so lofty and serene, and often
proselytize
for it.
Before you
proselytize
to us, purport to know of what you declare.
Early on, chaplains learn not to
proselytize
or offer glib answers to searching questions.
Certainly not because they do not in general
proselytize
for converts.
Some in the television industry continue to
proselytize
for fewer but better ads.
Politics are rampant in your articles and you
proselytize
as much as an evangelical and your religion apparently is blind science.
Now such players are collectors of these games and
proselytize
for their revival.
Newspaper owners
proselytize
business sense to their.
The bands share a fascination with the laws of attraction, and both
proselytize
the art of letting go.
Bay is not the only big-time director having to
proselytize
.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
proselytize
or
proselytise
(ˈprɒsɪlɪˌtaɪz)
—
vb
to convert (someone) from one religious faith to another
proselytise
or
proselytise
—
vb
proselyti'zation
or
proselytise
—
n
proselyti'sation
or
proselytise
—
n
'proselytizer
or
proselytise
—
n
'proselytiser
or
proselytise
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
proselytize
1670s, "to make proselytes," from
proselyte
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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