as in to convert
to persuade to change to one's religious faith
the efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive
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Recent Examples of proselytize
After growing hellebores in my garden for 40 years, and after proselytizing about cutting back the foliage before first flowering to make the process take five minutes rather than two hours . . .
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Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
For nearly two decades, Govan has proselytized his vision for LACMA reborn, a place liberated from 19th-century academic thinking about the proper role and form of a civic arts institution.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2025
These were the glory days of celebrity magazines and gossip blogs, and Anderson was ubiquitous, proselytizing about how to get J.Lo’s butt or Gwyneth’s … anything.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan was among those questioning Wisconsin’s contention that one way organizations can get the exemption is by actively proselytizing.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
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Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
For nearly two decades, Govan has proselytized his vision for LACMA reborn, a place liberated from 19th-century academic thinking about the proper role and form of a civic arts institution.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2025
These were the glory days of celebrity magazines and gossip blogs, and Anderson was ubiquitous, proselytizing about how to get J.Lo’s butt or Gwyneth’s … anything.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan was among those questioning Wisconsin’s contention that one way organizations can get the exemption is by actively proselytizing.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proselytize
convert
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Initially powered by a water counterbalance system, it was soon converted to steam in 1886 and later electrified by 1915.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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More than 1,000 employees circumnavigate the bustling fifth floor Tempus office around an atrium that Lefkofsky said was a spiral parking ramp before the building — a National Historic Landmark that once housed the country’s oldest mail-order firm — was converted to tech space 25 years ago.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Proselytize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselytize. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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