evangelize
verb /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/
/ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/
(British English also evangelise)
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they evangelize | /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/ /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it evangelizes | /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzɪz/ /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple evangelized | /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzd/ /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle evangelized | /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzd/ /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form evangelizing | /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- evangelize (somebody/something) to try to persuade people to become Christians
- The area was originally evangelized by French missionaries.
- The Church has a mission to evangelize and spread the faith.
Word Originlate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin evangelizare, from Greek euangelizesthai, from euangelos ‘bringing good news’, from eu- ‘well’ + angelein ‘announce’.