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bekehren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • proselytize verb To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.

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

  1. verb To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.
  2. verb To coerce into religious conversion.
  3. verb 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.

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