proselytize
verb (used with or without object)
to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit to a religion or other belief system.
proselytized
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past participleof proselytize.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 proselytize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
proselytizeverb (used with or without object)to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit to a religion or other belief system.
Example Sentences
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Muslims ruled large parts of India from the early 13th to the 19th century, and during this era Muslim preachers and Sufi mystics actively proselytized for Islam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Houston proselytized for Inuit art, bringing it to international museum audiences and founding what would become Kinngait Studios.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
He met his wife, who also proselytized, at their evangelical church.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2020
Her reporting indicates that it's food media elites like you and me and others who have proselytized the most about brining.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2018
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
