proselytizing

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pros·e·lyt·ize

[pros-uh-li-tahyz]
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

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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Proselytizing is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • Better still, there is a minimum of preaching and proselytizing.
  • They began proselytizing to others, sending out press releases and recruiting new believers.
  • But that would be an old-school way of proselytizing.
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