Proselyte

Definition of Proselyte

Pros´e`lyte
n.1.A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte.
Ye [Scribes and Pharisees] compass sea and land to make one proselyte.
- Matt. xxiii. 15.
Fresh confidence the speculatist takes
From every harebrained proselyte he makes.
- Cowper.
v. t.1.To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over.
[imp. & p. p. Proselyted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Proselyting.]

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