Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas.
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Proselytize
//ˈpɹɑ.sə.lɪ.taɪz//
Synonyms for "proselytize" (14 found)
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Verb(3 words)
Related words (7)
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Translations
56 translations across 19 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 傳教 /传教 verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Czech
3 entries- obracet na víru verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- obrátit na víru verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- získávat stoupence verb (induce people to join a cause)
Danish
2 entries- missionere verb (induce people to join a cause)
- omvende verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Dutch
3 entries- bekeren verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- missioneren verb (induce people to join a cause)
- werven verb (induce people to join a cause)
Finnish
4 entries- käännyttää verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- käännyttää verb (induce people to join a cause)
- tehdä käännytystyötä verb (induce people to join a cause)
- tehdä lähetystyötä verb (convert to one’s own faith)
French
2 entries- prosélytiser verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- prosélytiser verb (induce people to join a cause)
German
4 entries- (Anhänger) gewinnen verb (induce people to join a cause)
- bekehren verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- bekehren verb (induce people to join a cause)
- für seine Sache gewinnen verb (induce people to join a cause)
Greek
2 entries- προσηλυτίζω verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- προσηλυτίζω verb (induce people to join a cause)
Hungarian
3 entries- megtérít verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- térít (hitre, vallásra) verb (induce people to join a cause)
- áttérít (hitre, vallásra) verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Japanese
1 entries- 改宗 verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Malayalam
1 entries- മതം മാറ്റുക verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Norwegian
1 entries- misjonere verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Polish
2 entries- apostołować verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- apostołować verb (induce people to join a cause)
Portuguese
3 entries- converter verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- proselitar verb (induce people to join a cause)
- proselitizar verb (induce people to join a cause)
Russian
2 entries- завлека́ть verb (induce people to join a cause)
- обраща́ть в свою веру verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- konvertirati se verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- misionirati verb (induce people to join a cause)
- preobratiti se verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- promijeniti vjeru verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Spanish
4 entries- catequizar verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- catequizar verb (induce people to join a cause)
- convertir verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- convertir verb (induce people to join a cause)
Swedish
2 entries- omvända verb (convert to one’s own faith)
- proselytisera verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Welsh
1 entries- proselyteiddio verb (convert to one’s own faith)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Muslims proselytize.
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You proselytize about your religion as if it were still the Middle Ages.
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The problem is that professors use their classrooms as political soap boxes to proselytize their views.
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