EVAN'GELIZE, verb transitive [Low Latin evangelizo.] To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to, and convert to a belief of the gospel; as, to evangelize heathen nations; to evangelize the world. EVAN'GELIZE, verb intransitive To preach the gospel.
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