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baptize
[ bap-tahyz, bap-tahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism:
They baptized the new baby.
- to cleanse spiritually; initiate or dedicate by purifying.
- to give a name to at baptism; christen.
verb (used without object)
- to administer baptism.
baptize
/ æˈٲɪ /
verb
- Christianity to immerse (a person) in water or sprinkle water on (a person) as part of the rite of baptism
- tr to give a name to; christen
- tr to cleanse; purify
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·پa· adjective
- ·پmԳ noun
- ·پİ noun
- ·t verb rebaptized rebaptizing
- -t· noun
- ܲ·t adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of baptize1
Example Sentences
In the next few months, he moved to the U.S. and got baptized, fully rebranding himself as a right-wing Christian influencer.
Brand has pivoted away from acting and has worked to refashion himself as an anti-establishment commentator, and made news last year announcing he’d been baptized.
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.
A Madonna holding an anti-tank weapon, like a Slavic Joan of Arc ready to baptize Russian invaders in holy fire.
I baptized my pregnant belly in the Arroyo waters.
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