Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of proselytise.
Examples
“I am merely the Head of the strictly ecclesiastical section of the institution; I have nothing whatever to do with the proselytising, which is undertaken by, and is entirely in the hands of, the Grand Inquisitor and his assistants.”
“Norway and Church World Service of the United States -- after a televisions show reported they were proselytising, which is illegal in the devoutly Islamic country.”
“Norway and Church World Service of the United States - after a television show reported they were proselytising, which is illegal in the devoutly Islamic country.”
“Norway and Church World Service of the United States -- after a TV show reported they were proselytising, which is illegal in the devoutly Islamic country.”
“For the record, the deported missionaries were engaged in proselytising, which is forbidden by religion.”
“A spokeswoman for the group in Kabul denied that its workers were proselytising, which is prohibited by law in Afghanistan.”
“All eating is a kind of proselytising -- a kind of dogmatising -- a maintaining that the eater's way of looking at things is better than the eatee's.”
“Local villagers have also accused the Syriac Orthodox monks of 'anti-Turkish activities such as proselytising local children -- something of which the state takes a dim view.”
“Those for whom it is a religion will have to accept that - esp. if they want to paint Christian "proselytising" as objectionable.”
“Critics have described Mr Pullman's work as "proselytising".”
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Tawkward
Verbal 'wtf' exchanges; odd moments of conversation and socializing.
somniloquy, bafflegab, syllepsis, sesquipedalian, whinge, divulge, anacoluthon, anaphora, sumpsimus, persiflage, eristic, overtones and 198 more...
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words to know
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Probe~ation
An obnoxious and ridiculous madlib list where verbish '-ing' words fill in the blank wherein the blank is a call for a beating.
For example:
"You're ________in' for a brus...searching, looking, hunting, seeking, questing, exploring, asking, inquiring, snooping, poking, probing, scouting and 262 more...
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