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Definition of "proselytize" [pros•e•ly•tize]

  • To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith. (verb-intransitive)
  • To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine. (verb-intransitive)
  • To convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "proselytize" in a sentence
  • "Obama's disastrous interview in the Advocate - where he claimed his gay role model (a professor whose name he couldn't remember) was his role model because he didn't "proselytize" - should have sounded the alarm for the gay community before the primaries."
  • "(Dau tranh chinh tri), and "proselytizing" (van) .6 In the English language, the term proselytize means to convert from one belief or faith to another."
  • "My guess is the latter since in the face of mounting evidence that shows the Bible is false, believers are hording together in an attempt to still convince themselves that there might be at least a shred of hope that their faith is real. southborder, no, the book has no power except as a tool to proselytize, which is not allowed in the schools and why distribution is prohibited by law."