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evangelize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlaɪz/
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Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.
   • his Apoſtles, whom he ſends To evangelize the Nations 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:
2. To preach any ideology to those who have not yet been converted to it.
   • […] nor is it the task of the Muslim to "evangelize" the unbelieving world. 2002, Ergun Mehmet Caner, Emir Fethi Caner, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs, page 11:
3. To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others; to promote.

Forms

Coordinates

proselytize

Deriveds

unevangelized · evangelization · evangelizer · televangelize

Hypernyms

proselytize

Relateds

evangelist · evangelism · angel

Translations (23)

fi levittää ilosanomaa (tell people about Christianity) · pt evangelizar (tell people about Christianity) · got 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tell people about Christianity) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tell people about Christianity) · ca evangelitzar (tell people about Christianity) · es evangelizar (tell people about Christianity) · la ēvangelizāre (tell people about Christianity) · nl uitdragen van de blijde boodschap (tell people about Christianity) · pl głosić dobrą nowinę (tell people about Christianity) · pl ewangelizować (tell people about Christianity) · grc εὐαγγελίζω (tell people about Christianity) · sq ungjillëzoj (tell people about Christianity) · de evangelisieren (tell people about Christianity) · nl evangeliseren (tell people about Christianity) · sv evangelisera (tell people about Christianity) · ar بَشَّرَ (tell people about Christianity) · eo evangelizi (tell people about Christianity) · it evangelizzare (tell people about Christianity) · io evangeliizar (tell people about Christianity) · fi evankelioida (tell people about Christianity) · gl evanxelizar (tell people about Christianity) · ang godspellian (tell people about Christianity) · fr évangéliser (tell people about Christianity)