evangelize

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Etymology

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From Old French évangéliser, equivalent to evangel +‎ -ize, from Late Latin evangelizare, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō). Displaced native Old English godspellian (literally to gospel).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlaɪz/

Verb

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evangelize (third-person singular simple present evangelizes, present participle evangelizing, simple past and past participle evangelized)

  1. To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.
    Hypernym: proselytize
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1389–1390:
      his Apoſtles, whom he ſends To evangelize the Nations
  2. To preach any ideology to those who have not yet been converted to it.
    Coordinate term: proselytize
    • 2002, Ergun Mehmet Caner, Emir Fethi Caner, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs, page 11:
      [] nor is it the task of the Muslim to "evangelize" the unbelieving world.
  3. To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others; to promote.
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Verb

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evangelize

  1. inflection of evangelizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative