"proselytize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹɒs.əl.ɪ.taɪz/ [UK], /ˈpɹɒs.əl.ə.taɪz/ [UK], /ˈpɹɑ.sə.lɪ.taɪz/ [General-American], /ˈpɹɑ.sə.lə.taɪz/ [General-American], /ˈpɹɑ.zə.lɪ.taɪz/ [Canada], /ˈpɹɑ.zə.lə.taɪz/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proselytize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: proselytizes [present, singular, third-person], proselytizing [participle, present], proselytized [participle, past], proselytized [past], proselytise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English proselyte Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English proselytize From proselyte + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|proselyte|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English proselyte Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English proselytize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "proselytize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="proselytize"> From proselyte + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} proselytize (third-person singular simple present proselytizes, present participle proselytizing, simple past and past participle proselytized)
  1. (ambitransitive, broadly) To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so. Tags: ambitransitive, broadly Synonyms: evangelize, convert
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  2. (ambitransitive, broadly) To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.
    (ambitransitive, strictly) To coerce into religious conversion.
    Tags: ambitransitive, broadly Synonyms: evangelize, convert, convert Coordinate_terms: evangelize
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  3. (by extension, ambitransitive) To advertise a non-religious belief, way of living, cause, point of view, (scientific) hypothesis, social or other position, political party, or other organization; to convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position; to recruit someone. Tags: ambitransitive, broadly Synonyms: advocate, back, endorse, peddle, recruit Translations (induce people to join a cause): získávat stoupence (Czech), missionere (Danish), missioneren (Dutch), werven (Dutch), käännyttää (Finnish), tehdä käännytystyötä (Finnish), värvätä (Finnish), prosélytiser (French), bekehren (German), überzeugen (German), (Anhänger) gewinnen (als) (German), für seine Sache gewinnen (German), προσηλυτίζω (prosilytízo) (Greek), térít (hitre, vallásra) (Hungarian), apostołować [imperfective] (Polish), proselitizar (Portuguese), proselitar (Portuguese), завлека́ть (zavlekátʹ) (Russian), misionirati (Serbo-Croatian), misionar (Spanish), catequizar (Spanish), proselitizar (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: proselytization, proselytizer, proselytute Related terms: proselyte, proselytism Translations (convert to one’s own faith): 傳教 /传教 (alt: chuán jiào; ㄔㄨㄢˊㄐㄧㄠˋ) (Chinese Mandarin), obrátit na víru (Czech), obracet na víru (Czech), omvende (Danish), bekeren (Dutch), käännyttää (Finnish), tehdä lähetystyötä [religion, lifestyle] (Finnish), prosélytiser (French), bekehren (German), missionieren (German), seinen Glauben predigen (German), seinen Glauben verkünden (German), προσηλυτίζω (prosilytízo) (Greek), megtérít (Hungarian), áttérít (hitre, vallásra) (Hungarian), 改宗 (kaishū) (Japanese), മതം മാറ്റുക (mataṁ māṟṟuka) (Malayalam), misjonere (Norwegian), apostołować [imperfective] (Polish), converter (Portuguese), обраща́ть в свою веру (obraščátʹ) (Russian), preobratiti se (Serbo-Croatian), promijeniti vjeru (Serbo-Croatian), konvertirati se (Serbo-Croatian), misionar (Spanish), catequizar (Spanish), proselitizar (Spanish), omvända (Swedish), proselytisera (Swedish), proselyteiddio (Welsh)
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