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to evangelize

to evangelize

3 7.7
Try to persuade people to become Christians by preaching
  • verb
  • /ɪˈvæn.dʒə.laɪz/
translation icon : evangelizar
  • She dedicated her life to evangelize and help others understand the teachings of Christianity.
  • evangelizing mission
  • evangelizing the world
  • evangelizing people

This dude was evangelizing and making disciples until he died.

Examples

  • Many missionaries travel around the world to evangelize and share their faith with others.

  • Simply put, Pat has come to realize that his primary gifting is to evangelize.

    Blog text (3)
  • The Catholic Church, above all, wants to evangelize.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We have a massive task before us, the mission of evangelizing the whole earth.

    Blog text (20)
  • God bless her for evangelizing and bringing the message of freedom even to places like that.

    Blog text (22)
  • Augustine was prior of the monastery there before Gregory the Great sent him to evangelize England.

    Blog text (14)
  • In our modern vernacular, we commit to evangelizing the nations in our generation!

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  • From our perspective, Sunday school and/or small groups seek to evangelize and disciple people.

    Blog text (20)
  • As Catholics, we are called to evangelize by virtue of our baptism.

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  • During the conference, several speakers took turns to evangelize about the importance of community service.

Synonyms

to convert
vsto evangelize
131 4.5

Change your religion, or persuade someone else to do this

limits that action to spreading Christian teachings and seeking believers in that faith
to proselytize
vsto evangelize
  • US
12 9.1

To try to persuade someone to join another religion

targets specifically the Christian faith using preaching and spreading teachings
to Christianize
vsto evangelize
1 7.7

To make people or places follow Christianity

focuses on preaching and spreading teachings to persuade people to join the faith
to missionize
vsto evangelize
8.4

To try to make people follow a religion

is more about public preaching aimed specifically at the Christian faith

Antonyms

35 6.0

To try to stop someone from doing something by talking to them

How Evangelistic

to evangelize
3 7.7
to persuade
472 2.7
to encourage
2.3
to share
711 1.0
to mention
1.0

Surface Forms

evangelize infinitive
evangelise infinitive
evangelized past participle
evangelised past participle
evangelizing present participle
evangelising present participle
evangelizes third person singular
evangelises third person singular

Morphology

evangelize = evangel (transparent) = evangel + ize

Formed by productive suffixation ('-ize') from the noun 'evangel' meaning 'gospel', so the verb meaning 'to preach or spread the gospel' is directly derived.

Etymology

Evangelize comes from an old Greek word made of eu- 'good' and angelion 'message', so it originally meant 'bring good news'. That's why to evangelize someone often means to preach and try to convert them to Christianity.