See proselytize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], 10th edition, London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1909, Ralph Connor, chapter 14, in The Foreigner:",
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"ref": "2001 December 10, Douglas Waller, “A Terror Threat From The South”, in Time:",
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"(transitive, intransitive, broadly) To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.",
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"ref": "2010, Dolly Freed, Possum Living, page 149:",
"text": "Previously I promised not to proselytize miserism, but now I want to renege a little on that promise. If your family income is anywhere near average, you can scrimp and save and cut back for maybe two to four years […]",
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"tags": [
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"ipa": "/ˈpɹɒs.əl.ə.taɪz/",
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{
"ipa": "/ˈpɹɑ.zə.lɪ.taɪz/"
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"ipa": "/ˈpɹɑ.zə.lə.taɪz/"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "傳教"
},
{
"alt": "chuán jiào; ㄔㄨㄢˊㄐㄧㄠˋ",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "传教"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "obrátit na víru"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "obracet na víru"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "omvende"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "bekeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "käännyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"topics": [
"religion",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "tehdä lähetystyötä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "bekehren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "missionieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "seinen Glauben predigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "seinen Glauben verkünden"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosilytízo",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "προσηλυτίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "megtérít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "áttérít (hitre, vallásra)"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaishū",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "改宗"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "mataṁ māṟṟuka",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "മതം മാറ്റുക"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "misjonere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "apostołować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "converter"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obraščátʹ",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "обраща́ть в свою веру"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "preobratiti se"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "promijeniti vjeru"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "konvertirati se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "convertir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "misionar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "omvända"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "proselytisera"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "convert to one’s own faith",
"word": "proselyteiddio"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "získávat stoupence"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "missionere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "missioneren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "werven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "käännyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "tehdä käännytystyötä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "värvätä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "prosélytiser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "bekehren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "überzeugen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"roman": "als",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "(Anhänger) gewinnen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "für seine Sache gewinnen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosilytízo",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "προσηλυτίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "térít (hitre, vallásra)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "apostołować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "proselitizar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "proselitar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavlekátʹ",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "завлека́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "misionirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "misionar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "induce people to join a cause",
"word": "convertir"
}
],
"word": "proselytize"
}
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