proselyte
noun
a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
proselyted
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past participleof proselyte.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof proselyte.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
proselytenouna person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
Example Sentences
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The Old Left organized and proselyted, playing its part in bringing about the American welfare state.
From Time Magazine Archive
Legislators, initiative petitions, green paint, dynamite, burglars, proselyted athletes, and a hundred other things have been used in the fight between the two schools ever since the oldest professor can remember.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first persons proselyted by the Spanish and French missionaries were Indians.
From The History of the Negro Church by Carter Godwin Woodson
Methinks he should have a religion of his own; and that, not that of the Jews, because he was a Gentile; and not, as we read of, proselyted to the Jews religion.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
She was a Gentile, but was proselyted to the Jewish religion, believed in the teachings of Paul and was baptized with her household.
From The Woman's Bible by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
