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Definition of proselytize - 4 dictionary results

pros⋅e⋅lyt⋅ize

  [pros-uh-li-tahyz]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -ized, -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  [pros-uh-li-tis-tik, -lahy-] , adjective
pros⋅e⋅lyt⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
pros⋅e⋅lyt⋅iz⋅er, noun
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pros·e·ly·tize   (prŏs'ə-lĭ-tīz')   
v.   pros·e·ly·tized, pros·e·ly·tiz·ing, pros·e·ly·tiz·es

v.   intr.
  1. To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith.
  2. To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine.
v.   tr.
To convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another.
pros'e·ly·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n., pros'e·ly·tiz'er n.
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Proselytize

Pros"e*ly*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. proselytized; p. pr. & vb. n. Proselytizing.] To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.

One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize. --Burke.

Proselytize

Pros"e*ly*tize\, v. i. To make converts or proselytes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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