gospelize

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verb

To teach the Gospels.

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Meanings

verbgospelize (third-person singular simple present gospelizes, present participle gospelizing, simple past and past participle gospelized)

present singular third person gospelizes · participle present gospelizing · participle past gospelized · past gospelized · alternative gospelise · alternative gospellize

  1. To teach the Gospels.
  2. To evangelize.
  3. transitiveTo adapt into gospel music.

    […] the children started gospelizing Beatles tunes.

    1985, Anthony Heilbut, The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times (page 4)

Origin

From gospel + -ize.

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APA

gospelize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gospelize

MLA

“gospelize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gospelize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gospelize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gospelize.

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