as in to convert
to persuade to change to one's religious faith
the efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive
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The Red Clay Strays may not explicitly be out to proselytize, but Made by These Moments does have the power to convert — at least to rock & roll.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
Flashback: In 2002, then-church president Gordon B. Hinckley instructed members not to proselytize during the Winter Games in Salt Lake.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 29 July 2024
Elder Price, a seemingly perfect young Mormon man, gets teamed up with the dorky and clingy Elder Cunningham for their mission assignment — an odd couple that proselytizes together.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
Hamid and McCants’ definition leaves out movements, such as the South Asia–based Tablighi Jamaat, that seek to re-Islamize society through proselytizing rather than politics.
—Olivier Roy, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
Flashback: In 2002, then-church president Gordon B. Hinckley instructed members not to proselytize during the Winter Games in Salt Lake.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 29 July 2024
Elder Price, a seemingly perfect young Mormon man, gets teamed up with the dorky and clingy Elder Cunningham for their mission assignment — an odd couple that proselytizes together.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
Hamid and McCants’ definition leaves out movements, such as the South Asia–based Tablighi Jamaat, that seek to re-Islamize society through proselytizing rather than politics.
—Olivier Roy, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017
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“Proselytize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselytize. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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