proselytize

proselytize

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  1. vaiht-kirj|en|proselyt|ize

Synonyymisanakirja

proselytize

  1. käännyttää, paasata, kannattaa.

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Käännökset

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käännyttää puhekieltä To encourage or induce people to join a religious movement, political party, or other cause or organization.
1909, w:Ralph Connor|Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, ch. 14:

"I am not sent here to proselytize. My church is not in that business."
2001, Douglas Waller, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001421,00.html A Terror Threat From The South," Time, 10 Dec.:
Counterterrorism officials believe bin Laden has set up cells to proselytize the large Middle East expatriate population living in the area.

It is illegal to proselytize in some countries

puhekieltä To convert (someone) to one’s own faith or beliefs.
Burke
One of those whom they endeavour to proselytize.

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