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Definition of Proselytise
1. Verb. Convert to another faith or religion.
Generic synonyms: Convert
Entails: Advocate, Preach
Derivative terms: Proselyte
Definition of Proselytise
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of proselytize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proselytise
1. [v -TISED, -TISING, -TISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proselytise
Literary usage of Proselytise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley (1857)
"This is well said ; and in like manner the object'of the Anglo- Continental
Association ought to be, and plainly is, not to proselytise individuals, ..."
2. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1842)
"An opinion largely prevailed among the Roman Catholics, that their secret but
paramount object was to proselytise ; an opinion that received weight from the ..."
3. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1881)
"In the one case we are not to proselytise, nor to encourage proselytism ; in the
other case, if we are not ourselves to proselytise, we are to help others ..."
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