evangelize

[ ih-van-juh-lahyz ]

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verb (used with object),e·van·ge·lized, e·van·ge·liz·ing.

to preach the gospel to.
to convert to Christianity.

verb (used without object),e·van·ge·lized, e·van·ge·liz·ing.

to preach the gospel; act as an evangelist.

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Origin of evangelize

1350–1400; Middle English evangelisen<Late Latin evangelizāre<Late Greek euangelízein.See evangel¹, -ize

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-Science
Their 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”.
‘Change without story is a mandate, change with story is purpose’: Why marketing and comms execs are being tapped for chief-of-remote roles | Jessica Davies | August 2, 2021 | Digiday
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.
Inside the Newest Crypto Craze: The NFT | Joshua Eferighe | March 4, 2021 | Ozy
His bid quickly floundered; memorable only for his promise to try to evangelize Chuck Schumer if elected to the Senate.
The Bizarro World Of Iowa’s GOP Convention | Ben Jacobs | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
While most home birthers rave, even evangelize, about their choice, for a small percentage, the fantasy becomes a nightmare.
Home-Birth Horror Stories | Danielle Friedman | September 9, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

Bush will come on TV to talk about anything—even inane stuff like Cinco de Mayo parades—in order to evangelize for the GOP.
A Bush Goes to War | Bryan Curtis | October 25, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
English missionaries proceed much more wisely in their efforts to evangelize a people.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century | Leo Wiener
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. Campbell
They 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. Doughty
On 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. Doughty
It has been a favorite idea of many that the Negroes of America should evangelize Africa.
The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 9, September, 1889 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for evangelize

evangelize

evangelise

/ (ɪˈvændʒɪˌlaɪz) /

verb

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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