evangelize
to preach the gospel to.
to convert to Christianity.
to preach the gospel; act as an evangelist.
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Origin of evangelize
1- Also especially British, e·van·ge·lise .
Other words from evangelize
- e·van·ge·li·za·tion, noun
- e·van·ge·liz·er, noun
- un·e·van·ge·lized, adjective
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How to use evangelize in a sentence
Many experts have long evangelized the benefits of teaching programming to children.
Score 3-month access to the #1 coding app for kids for only $9.99 | Stack Commerce | January 16, 2022 | Popular-ScienceTheir core responsibility will be to evangelize new ways of working both internally and externally, he added — and storytelling is crucial, especially in the midst of the hotly tipped “Great Resignation”.
Entrepreneur guru Gary Vaynerchuk says he’s been waiting for this moment since 2010 and that the “next 36 months will be incredible,” as he uses his platforms to evangelize for NFTs.
His bid quickly floundered; memorable only for his promise to try to evangelize Chuck Schumer if elected to the Senate.
While most home birthers rave, even evangelize, about their choice, for a small percentage, the fantasy becomes a nightmare.
Bush will come on TV to talk about anything—even inane stuff like Cinco de Mayo parades—in order to evangelize for the GOP.
English missionaries proceed much more wisely in their efforts to evangelize a people.
To be a Pariah was easy, and attempts to evangelize that class continued to be made in Madura up to the time of the Suppression.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. CampbellThey have an equal right to make the same thorough and searching investigation of the proposition to evangelize the world.
The Call of the World | W. E. DoughtyOn the basis given above these 6,000 missionaries can evangelize one hundred and fifty millions in this generation.
The Call of the World | W. E. DoughtyIt has been a favorite idea of many that the Negroes of America should evangelize Africa.
British Dictionary definitions for evangelize
evangelise
/ (ɪˈvændʒɪˌlaɪz) /
to preach the Christian gospel or a particular interpretation of it (to)
(intr) to advocate a cause with the object of making converts
Derived forms of evangelize
- evangelization or evangelisation, noun
- evangelizer or evangeliser, noun
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