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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-van-juh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈvæn dʒəˌlaɪz



Définition of evangelize

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French evangeliser "to spread or preach the Gospel," and directly from Medieval Latin or Late Latin evangelizare, from Greek euangelizesthai (see evangelist). Related: Evangelized; evangelizing; evangelization.
  • verb preach
Example sentences :
  • Again, Do we give as much as we ought to evangelize the heathen?
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Missions » by Sheldon Dibble
  • To attempt to evangelize them was to fly in the face of Providence.
  • Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch
  • There is no way to lift Europe so fast as to evangelize her sons who come to us.
  • Extract from : « The Minute Man of the Frontier » by W. G. Puddefoot
  • I would go forth, methought, at once, and evangelize the whole of Flatland.
  • Extract from : « Flatland » by Edwin Abbott Abbott
  • And this is the mode of colonizationists to evangelize Africa!
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on African Colonization » by William Lloyd Garrison
  • Is this a hopeful work, this effort to evangelize the foreigners?
  • Extract from : « Aliens or Americans? » by Howard B. Grose
  • A good sceptic is willing to help educate and civilize in a general way, but he will put forth no effort to evangelize.
  • Extract from : « What and Where is God? » by Richard La Rue Swain
  • To be a Pariah was easy, and attempts to evangelize that class continued to be made in Madura up to the time of the Suppression.
  • Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
  • They asked the Chilian government to let them evangelize the fierce Araucanian savages, but this was refused.
  • Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
  • Really, from my own experience, I pity the young priest who is sent as a beginner to evangelize la Beauce.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral » by Joris-Karl Huysmans

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