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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pros•e•lyte (pros′ə līt′),USA pronunciation n., v., -lyt•ed, -lyt•ing. n. - a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another;
convert.
v.i., v.t. - proselytize.
- Greek (Septuagint) prosé̄lytos, for *prosé̄lythos newcomer, proselyte, equivalent. to prosēlyth- (suppletive stem of prosérchesthai to approach) + -os noun, nominal suffix
- Late Latin prosēlytus
- Middle English 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged neophyte, disciple.
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