[pros.e.lyte] n [ME proselite, fr. LL proselytus proselyte, alien resident, fr. Gk proselytos, fr. pros near + -elytos (akin to elythe he went)--more at pros-, elastic] (14c): a new convert; specif: a convert to Judaism
[2]proselyte vb -lyt.ed ; -lyt.ing (1624): proselytize