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Evangelize has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

preach the gospel (to)

2

convert to Christianity

"The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders"

3

To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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Origin

The word comes from the Old French évangéliser, which was borrowed from Late Latin and ultimately traces back to Ancient Greek. Its original meaning relates to spreading the good news, replacing an earlier Old English term for telling a gospel story.

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