Bap·tize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baptized p. pr. & vb. n. Baptizing.]
1. To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
2. To christen (because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
I'll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo. --Shak.
3. To sanctify; to consecrate.
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baptize
v : administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"
[syn: baptise, christen]