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evangelizing

evangelizing is the present participle and gerund of evangelize.

Meaning of evangelize

Verb

evangelize (third-person singular simple present evangelizes, present participle evangelizing, simple past and past participle evangelized)

  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 Nations1667, 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...
  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.

Questions about evangelizing

What is evangelizing the present participle and gerund of?
Evangelizing is the present participle and gerund of evangelize.

Words near evangelizing in the dictionary

  1. evangelize
  2. evangelized
  3. evangelizer
  4. evangelizers
  5. evangelizes
  6. evangelizing
  7. evangels
  8. evangelship
  9. evangely
  10. evangile
  11. evanid

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