proselytize
verb (used with or without object)
to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit to a religion or other belief system.
had proselytized
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past perfectof proselytize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I am late to come to this position; rather misguided, previously I had proselytized only on banning preteen Twister.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2018
Seven of these were opened by the Indian Emperor Asoka . . . in 264 B.C., and the ashes distributed in 84,000 urns among the peoples, nations and cities he had proselytized.
From Time Magazine Archive
Weeks after that killing, Bruno was removed from his leadership position and soon replaced by a former missionary who had proselytized in Indigenous communities.
From Washington Post
As a young man in Mormon frock coat and silk hat, he had proselytized for the Latter-Day Saints along Glasgow's Clydeside.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Regina had proselytized all her life for various causes—always liberal and humanistic ones—so, too, Bobby had become a proselytizer.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
