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proselytize

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[ US /ˈpɹɑsəɫəˌtaɪz/ ]
VERB
  1. convert to another faith or religion

How To Use proselytize In A Sentence

  • But he's careful not to proselytise, to seek converts to the Sikh tradition.
  • North America attracted the English Crown as a forward base to attack Spain's possessions, and the Church of England fitfully heeded biblical imperatives to proselytize the heathen.
  • He was a committed Christian, and the organist and choirmaster of his local church, and he wore a discreet crucifix in his lapel, but he never proselytised.
  • Anyone who proselytises on behalf of the enemy in a time of war can hardly be described as 'perspicacious' regardless of their race or religion (or lack thereof). On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • If you try to proselytize someone, or battle them over a hot topic like abortion, you may reach a point of no return.
  • The Druze are a nation within the nations in which they dwell, they have not proselytized or sought out any converts to their religion since 1043, when the Druze became a closed community. Shared Destiny
  • They seek to proselytize and convert in ways that today's mainline largely does not.
  • I don't want to proselytize him like he's done to me.
  • She was aggressively proselytized by local church authorities and told that she would never see her lost children if she didn't convert and accept baptism.
  • In the years since Magellan landed on Guam, our people have been colonized, proselytized, Catholicized, and subsidized.
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