"proselyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/ [UK], /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proselyte.wav [Southern-England] Forms: proselytes [plural]
Etymology: From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|proselite}} Old French proselite, {{der|en|LL.|proselytus||proselyte, alien resident}} Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), {{der|en|grc|προσήλυτος||newcomer, convert}} Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”), {{m|grc|πρός||to, towards}} πρός (prós, “to, towards”), {{m|grc|ἐλήλυθα}} ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), {{m|grc|ἔρχομαι||come}} ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”), {{der|en|he|גר|tr=ger}} Hebrew גר (ger) Head templates: {{en-noun}} proselyte (plural proselytes)
  1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: proselyte of the gate Translations (one who has converted to a religion): προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), prosèlit [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), bekeerling [masculine] (Dutch), jodengenoot (english: a gentile converted to Judaism) [masculine] (Dutch), prosélyte [masculine] (French), néophyte [feminine, masculine] (French), Proselyt [masculine] (German), Judengenosse (english: a gentile converted to Judaism) [masculine] (German), προσήλυτος (prosílytos) [masculine] (Greek), prozelito (Ido), proselito [masculine] (Italian), neofita [masculine] (Italian), prozelita [masculine] (Polish), neofita [masculine] (Polish), prosélito [masculine] (Portuguese), neófito [masculine] (Portuguese), prozelit [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), neófito [masculine] (Spanish), prosélito [masculine] (Spanish), mwongofu [class-1, class-2] (Swahili), proselyt [common-gender] (Swedish), прозеліт (prozelit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), גר (ger) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-proselyte-en-noun-o1WXlBW2 Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters, Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters: 61 39 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/ [UK], /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proselyte.wav [Southern-England] Forms: proselytes [present, singular, third-person], proselyting [participle, present], proselyted [participle, past], proselyted [past]
Etymology: From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|proselite}} Old French proselite, {{der|en|LL.|proselytus||proselyte, alien resident}} Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), {{der|en|grc|προσήλυτος||newcomer, convert}} Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”), {{m|grc|πρός||to, towards}} πρός (prós, “to, towards”), {{m|grc|ἐλήλυθα}} ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), {{m|grc|ἔρχομαι||come}} ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”), {{der|en|he|גר|tr=ger}} Hebrew גר (ger) Head templates: {{en-verb}} proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)
  1. (transitive) To proselytize. Tags: transitive Derived forms: proselyter, proselytic, proselytism, proselytize Translations (proselytize): bekeren (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-proselyte-en-verb-SNxbaAh1

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.",
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        "One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism."
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prosèlit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bekeerling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "a gentile converted to Judaism",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jodengenoot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prosélyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "néophyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Proselyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "a gentile converted to Judaism",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Judengenosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prosílytos",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "προσήλυτος"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prosḗlutos",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "προσήλυτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "word": "prozelito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proselito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neofita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prozelita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neofita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prosélito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neófito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prozelit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neófito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prosélito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
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        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "mwongofu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "proselyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prozelit",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прозеліт"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ger",
      "sense": "one who has converted to a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גר"
    }
  ],
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    "proselyte"
  ],
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}

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      "word": "proselyter"
    },
    {
      "word": "proselytic"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "proselytize"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "m"
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        "4": "come"
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        "tr": "ger"
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "proselytes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proselyting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proselyted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proselyted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    }
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      "expansion": "proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To proselytize."
      ],
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          "proselytize"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To proselytize."
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "proselytize",
      "word": "bekeren"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "proselyte"
  ],
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}

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