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Definition of proselytizing - 2 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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