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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 religion
Familiarity information: PROSELYTIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they proselytize ... he / she / it proselytizes
Past simple: proselytized
Past participle: proselytized
-ing form: proselytizing
... he / she / it proselytizes Past simple: proselytized
Past participle: proselytized
-ing form: proselytizing
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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