different between evangelize vs evangel

English

Alternative forms

• evangelise (not US)

Etymology

From Old French évangéliser, from Late Latin evangelizare, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (euangelíz?)

Verb

evangelize (third-person singular simple present evangelizes, present participle evangelizing, simple past and past participle evangelized)

1. To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.

   Hypernym: proselytize

2. To preach any ideology to those who have not yet been converted to it.
   • 2002, Ergun Mehmet Caner, Emir Fethi Caner, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs, page 11:

     […] nor is it the task of the Muslim to "evangelize" the unbelieving world.

   Synonym: proselytize

3. To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others; to promote.

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Portuguese

Verb

evangelize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of evangelizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of evangelizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of evangelizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of evangelizar

English

Etymology

From Middle English evaungel, evangile, from Old French evangile, from Late Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (euangélion, “good news”), from ????????? (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from ?? (eû, “well”) + ????????? (angéllein, “to announce”) (English angel). The word gospel is from the same Ancient Greek origin, also meaning “good news”, but translated into Latin, then Old English.

Noun

evangel (plural evangels)

1. The Christian gospel.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot

     If, at any time, a philosophy of Laissez-faire, Competition and Supply-and-demand, start up as the exponent of human relations, expect that it will soon end. […] Such philosophies will arise; be preached as Mammon-Gospels, the ultimate Evangel of the World […]

2. A salutary principle relating to morals, politics, etc.
3. An evangelist.

Related terms

• angel
• evangelism
• evangelist
• evangelization
• evangelize

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Further reading

• evangel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• evangel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• evangel at OneLook Dictionary Search