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proselytize  

  ( proselytizes    3rd person present)   ( proselytizing    present participle)   ( proselytized    past tense & past participle  )
in BRIT, also use proselytise      If you proselytize, you try to persuade someone to share your beliefs, especially religious or political beliefs.  
FORMAL      verb  
I assured him we didn't come here to proselytize...      V  
Christians were arrested for trying to convert people, to proselytise them.      V n  
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proselytize     
bring into the fold, bring to God, convert, evangelize, make converts, propagandize, spread the gospel, win over  

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