missionize
English
/ˈmɪʃənʌɪz/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To work as a missionary; to do missionary work.
- (transitive) To do missionary work among (a people) or in (a particular place).
- (transitive) To teach and to bring under the control of European religion and culture through the mission system, as the Spanish did with Native Americans in their colonies.
Etymology
Suffix from English mission.
Origin
English
mission
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mission English
- missional English
- missionary English
- missionee English
- missioner English
- missionise English
- missionization English
- missionizer English
- missionless English
- multimission English
- missiōnem Latin
- misheni Swahili
- misin Tok Pisin
- misin Chuukese