evangelize

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: e=van=ge=lize

CIDE DICTIONARY

evangelize, v. t. [F. évangélisre, LL. evangelizare, fr. Gr. e'yaggeli`zesqai.].

•  To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.  [1913 Webster]

  "His apostles whom he sends
  To evangelize the nations."  [1913 Webster]
•  To preach and attempt to convert (people) to one's firmly held belief.  [PJC]

evangelize, v. i. 

 To preach the gospel.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

evangelize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 (also absol.) preach the gospel to.
2 convert (a person) to Christianity.

Derivative

evangelization n. evangelizer n.

Etymology

ME f. eccl.L evangelizare f. Gk euaggelizomai (as EVANGEL)