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baptize

[ bap-tahyz, bap-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

baptized, baptizing.
  1. to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism:

    They baptized the new baby.

  2. to cleanse spiritually; initiate or dedicate by purifying.
  3. to give a name to at baptism; christen.


verb (used without object)

baptized, baptizing.
  1. to administer baptism.

baptize

/ ²úæ±èˈ³Ù²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. Christianity to immerse (a person) in water or sprinkle water on (a person) as part of the rite of baptism
  2. tr to give a name to; christen
  3. tr to cleanse; purify
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of baptize1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Late Latin ²ú²¹±è³Ù¾±³úÄå°ù±ð, from Greek ²ú²¹±è³Ùí³ú±ð¾±²Ô “to immerse,†from ²úá±è³Ù(±ð¾±²Ô) “to dip†+ -izein -ize
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of baptize1

C13: from Late Latin ²ú²¹±è³ÙÄ«³úÄå°ù±ð , from Greek baptizein , from baptein to bathe, dip
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Example Sentences

As a minister at the Church of the Epiphany, an Episcopal church in Lincoln Heights, Estrada baptized Jimenez when she was a child, and later baptized her two daughters.

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A Madonna holding an anti-tank weapon, like a Slavic Joan of Arc ready to baptize Russian invaders in holy fire.

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I baptized my pregnant belly in the Arroyo waters.

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The California fires have baptized the new lawmakers in Washington politics.

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Looking around the smoldering grounds where she was baptized as a baby and now volunteers in the gardening department, Gabriella, 20, resisted the urge to fall to her knees in despair.

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