Word of the Day: PROSELYTIZE

Full Definition of PROSELYTIZE

intransitive verb

1 :  to induce someone to convert to one’s faith

2 :  to recruit someone to join one’s party, institution, or cause

transitive verb

:  to recruit or convert especially to a new faith, institution, or cause

— pros·e·ly·ti·za·tion noun

— pros·e·ly·tiz·er noun

 

Examples of PROSELYTIZE

1. He uses his position to proselytize for the causes that he supports.
2. <the efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive>

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