| 释义 |
missionize, v.|ˈmɪʃənaɪz|
[f. mission n. + -ize.]
a. intr. To conduct or promote a mission; to do missionary work.
b. trans. To do missionary work amongst (people).
1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 464 Why do they not buy all the land in a single island, and missionize and philanthropize at their own expense. 1879Mrs. Hutchinson In Tents in Transvaal xiv. 125 One must hope..that the Kafirs..will cheerfully suffer themselves to be missionized, shot, and bayonetted into tail-coats. 1888L. Spender Kept Secret III. ii. 29 You have been spending the long years in missionizing cannibals.
Hence ˈmissionizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈmissionizer, one who does missionary work.
1864[see dissenterish]. 1888Voice (N.Y.) 9 Feb. 4 Missionizing agencies. 189319th Cent. July 167 The missionising..function of the Church. 1901Publ. Circular 25 May 583/2 Social missionizers. |