Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To preach the gospel to.
- intransitive verb To convert to Christianity.
- intransitive verb To promulgate or promote (a doctrine or idea, for example) enthusiastically.
- intransitive verb To preach the gospel.
- intransitive verb To promulgate or promote something enthusiastically.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To preach the gospel.
- To bring as good tidings; announce as good news.
- To instruct in the gospel; preach the gospel to; convert by preaching: as, to
evangelize the heathen. - Also spelled
evangelise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity.
- transitive verb To preach and attempt to convert (people) to one's firmly held belief.
- intransitive verb To preach the gospel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To tell people about (a particular branch of)
Christianity , especially in order toconvert them - verb To be
enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb convert to Christianity
- verb preach the gospel (to)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The call to evangelize is based neither on compassion for Muslims (who, those most likely to actuallydo the evangelizing believe, would spend eternity in hell otherwise) nor on obedience to Jesus Christ (who commanded his followers to make disciples of every nation).
Mission Researchers Respond to the Muslim Demographic Video 2009
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Seriously, if you have some kind of gospel you want preached, the usual place to evangelize is where the sinners are.
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I'd rather Prof. Balkin "evangelize the living constitutuion" than have Brett's blind "worship of the Constitution as a sacred text".
Balkinization 2007
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I think one way to evangelize is to get people to ask fundamental questions about humanity and reality.
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Practically speaking, this is not a call to 'evangelize' the nation.
Texas Faith: Believers and the Fourth of July | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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And Michael Steele has got to do it by going after the best ideas, guys like Paul Ryan, who are the idea-makers, and really kind of evangelize on ideas that are actually transform this government and make it a better government and a smaller government for the American people.
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Lately I've been thinking about what it means to "evangelize," something we as Catholics are all called to do.
Me? Evangelize? Heidi Hess Saxton 2007
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Lately I've been thinking about what it means to "evangelize," something we as Catholics are all called to do.
Archive 2007-12-01 Heidi Hess Saxton 2007
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By using the word evangelize, you’re continuing the fallacy that atheism is just another religious belief.
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In an internal memo outlining the plan, Microsoft mobile chief Andy Lees is hoping that employees not only to use the phones, but "evangelize" them and develop apps for Windows Phone
Pocket-lint 2010
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