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
Riley, a Northern California native, who has always exuded a Zen-like geniality, was part of a generation of young American composers who had turned away from audience-alienating atonal music, which had been proselytized by their teachers in the science-minded postwar academy.
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William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Federal employees free to display religious imagery, proselytize to co-workers: OPM | RISING
Robby Soave and Niall Stanage discuss the Trump administration releasing a memo that aims to protect religious expression among federal workers.
—The Hill, 30 July 2025
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 . . .
—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
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William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Federal employees free to display religious imagery, proselytize to co-workers: OPM | RISING
Robby Soave and Niall Stanage discuss the Trump administration releasing a memo that aims to protect religious expression among federal workers.
—The Hill, 30 July 2025
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 . . .
—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
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In the electrified city of the future, parking spaces could be converted into lots for ridesharing and robotaxis, supercharging stations and dedicated bike lanes, said Kara Kockelman, professor of transportation engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Taiwan converts time into a weapon by turning drones into throughput problems, from design to fab to field to refresh.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Proselytize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselytize. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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