Meaning & use

evangelized

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Preached or promoted a religious faith, or promoted an idea or cause with great enthusiasm.

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Missionaries evangelized throughout the region in the nineteenth century.

The startup's founder evangelized the benefits of remote work to anyone who would listen.

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Beyond its religious sense, 'evangelized' is now widely used in business and tech to describe zealously promoting a product or idea.

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