'Evangelize' definitions:
Definition of 'evangelize'
From: WordNet
verb
Preach the gospel (to) [syn: evangelize, evangelise]
verb
Convert to Christianity; "The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders" [syn: evangelize, evangelise]
Definition of 'Evangelize'
From: GCIDE
- Evangelize \E*van"gel*ize\, v. i. To preach the gospel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'evangelize'
From: GCIDE
- evangelize \e*van"gel*ize\ ([-e]*v[a^]n"j[e^]l*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. evangelized ([-e]*v[a^]n"j[e^]l*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. evangelizing ([-e]*v[a^]n"j[e^]l*[imac]*z[i^]ng)]. [F. ['e]vang['e]lisre, LL. evangelizare, fr. Gr. e'yaggeli`zesqai.]
- 1. To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world. [1913 Webster]
- His apostles whom he sends To evangelize the nations. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: [metaphorical] To preach and attempt to convert (people) to one's firmly held belief. [PJC]