as in converted
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 proselytized
The two firms that have proselytized the recapitalization of enterprise software the most in this field are Thoma Bravo, with about $184 billion in assets, and Vista Equity Partners, with about $100 billion.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Now in its 40th year, the foundation was established in honor of the eponymous chef who began his own culinary school, authored numerous cookbooks and proselytized cooking with whole foods.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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.
—William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Now in its 40th year, the foundation was established in honor of the eponymous chef who began his own culinary school, authored numerous cookbooks and proselytized cooking with whole foods.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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.
—William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proselytized
converted
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Tatum later blew past Alex Sarr for another layup and converted a transition dunk.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Musa, who had two goals in a season-opening win over Toronto, put away the rebound of his own shot in the 41st minute — the first goal conceded by San Diego this season — and converted from the spot in the 54th.—
Apress,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Proselytized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselytized. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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