missionize

American  

[mish-uh-nahyz] / ˈmɪʃ əˌnaɪz /

especially British, missionise

verb (used without object)

missionized, missionizing

1. to conduct missionary work.

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verb (used with object)

missionized, missionizing

1. to conduct missionary work in or among.

Etymology

Origin of missionize

First recorded in 1820–30; mission + -ize

Example Sentences

The Saudis have spent some $400 million there since 1993, initially to help Bosnian Muslims fight the Serbs and then to rebuild the country and to missionize.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Assumptionist Fathers swore to combat irreligion in Europe, to missionize in the East.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was the last attempt made by the Spaniards to missionize the Yumas.

From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton

In this California there were many Indians, and it was to missionize these that the God-fearing, humanity-loving, self-sacrificing Jesuits just named--not Franciscans--gave of their life, energy and love.

From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton

He had become possessed with the idea of addressing wider circles and of forming an order whose vocation should be to preach and missionize throughout the whole world.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various