bekehren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- proselytize verb To try to persuade someone to adopt your religion.
Senses
bekehren is used for these senses in English:
- proselytize (ambitransitive, broadly) To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.
- 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.
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.
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