evangelize
verb (used with object)
to preach the gospel to.
had evangelized
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past perfectof evangelize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Wilcox remembered when the Frank family first influenced his family: Billy Frank had evangelized to Wilcox’s father about farming with salmon in mind.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
We may suppose that Christianity was first published in the Beauce province by the same apostles, Savinienus and Potentienius, who had evangelized Sens and the Senones.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
"Why is it void?" asked St. Gal, who had evangelized the people of Cornwall and had trained the holy Mael for his apostolical labours.
From Penguin Island by Anatole France
Since the age of fourteen, in fact, he had evangelized Languedoc.
From The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles
They agreed to divide between them the region they had evangelized together.
From The Life of St. Paul by James Stalker
