evangelise
verb
evangelise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of evangelize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-V-A-N-G-E-L-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 29 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does evangelise mean?
verb
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UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of evangelize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of evangelise
- evangelises present, singular, he/she/it
- evangelising participle, present
- evangelised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is evangelise?
Evangelise appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does evangelise come from?
From Old French évangéliser, equivalent to evangel + -ise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).