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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
inflections: |
proselytizes, proselytizing, proselytized |
definition: |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion.
The missionaries proselytized among the villagers.- similar words:
- convert
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derivation: |
proselytizer (n.) |
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