evangelize
verb/ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlaɪz/
Etymology From Old French évangéliser, equivalent to evangel + -ize, from Late Latin evangelizare, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō). Displaced native Old English godspellian (literally “to gospel”).
1
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.
- his Apoſtles, whom he ſends To evangelize the Nations1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1389–1390:
2
To preach any ideology to those who have not yet been converted to it.
- […] nor is it the task of the Muslim to "evangelize" the unbelieving world.2002, Ergun Mehmet Caner, Emir Fethi Caner, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs, page 11:
3
To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others; to promote.
- Derived terms
- evangelization, evangelizer, televangelize, unevangelized
- Related terms
- angel, evangelism, evangelist