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PROSELYTIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they proselytize ... he / she / it proselytizes
Past simple: proselytized
Past participle: proselytized
-ing form: proselytizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert to another faith or religion
Synonyms:
proselytise; proselytize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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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