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proselyte

[ pros-uh-lahyt ]

noun

  1. a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.

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verb (used with or without object)

proselyted, proselyting.

proselyte

/ ˈprɒsɪlɪˌtɪzəm; ˈprɒsɪˌlaɪt; ˌprɒsɪˈlɪtɪk /

noun

  1. a person newly converted to a religious faith or sect; a convert, esp a gentile converted to Judaism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. a less common word for proselytize
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • proselytic, adjective
  • proselytism, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·e noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of proselyte1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Late Latin Dzŧٳܲ, from Greek (Septuagint) DzٴDz, for unattested DzٳDz “newcomer, proselyte,” equivalent to Dzŧٳ- (suppletive stem of Dzéٳ󲹾 “to approach”) + -os noun suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of proselyte1

C14: from Church Latin Dzŧٳܲ, from Greek DzŧܳٴDz recent arrival, convert, from proserchesthai to draw near
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Safe havens are physical spaces, typically not well governed, that allow for extremists to organize, recruit, train, proselyte, spread propaganda and raise capital to plan attacks.

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Janet Kitselman also became a proselyte for the history of Waterford, helping to create educational programming at the town’s Second Street School.

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Mary Frank, the artist, is his friend and fellow solar-cooking proselyte.

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Christian Angermayer is an unlikely proselyte of psychedelia: The German financier didn’t drink so much as a sip of beer for the first three decades of his life.

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A 52-year-old mother of four whose usual definition of “excess” is a wine spritzer, Ms. Waldman may seem an unlikely proselyte for a second Age of Aquarius.

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