werven — meaning in English
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English meaning
- proselytize verb To try to persuade someone to adopt your religion.
- recruit noun A person newly enlisted in the military, or newly hired somewhere.
- tout verb To promote or praise something enthusiastically, often to sell it.
Senses
werven is used for these senses in English:
- proselytize (by extension, ambitransitive) To advertise a non-religious belief, way of living, cause, point of view, (scientific) hypothesis, social or other position, political party, or other organization; to convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position; to recruit someone.
- recruit To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
- tout (transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
proselytize — full definition
- verb To try to persuade someone to adopt your religion.
- verb To force someone to change their religion.
- verb To try to win people over to a belief, cause, lifestyle or organization that has nothing to do with religion.
recruit — full definition
- noun A person newly enlisted in the military, or newly hired somewhere.
- verb To find and enroll people for a job, team, or organization.
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