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proselytise

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Verb1.proselytise - convert to another faith or religion
convert - cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"


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They came allegedly to proselytise (Holy Bible in hand) the African, and in the process they colonised us.
Headmistress Naina Parmar at the Krishna-Avanti, however, insisted: "We're certainly not here to proselytise the Hindu faith.
But, while some Western feminist insights may be useful to Afghani women and other women in the developing world as they resist certain forms of male oppression, we should not assume -- as Western feminists often have -- that our job is to proselytise "our" feminism.
 
 
 
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