evangelize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to preach the Christian gospel, especially in order to convert people

   The missionaries traveled inland to evangelize remote communities.

2. 2
   verb

   to advocate an idea, product, or cause with great enthusiasm

   She travels widely to evangelize the benefits of open-source software.

Via Old French evangeliser from Late Latin evangelizare and Ancient Greek euangelizesthai ("to announce good news"), from euangelion ("good news, gospel"). The modern figurative sense applies missionary enthusiasm to secular ideas and products.

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