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Baptize : (verb)
1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"
[syn: baptise, christen]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Baptize : \Bap*tize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baptized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Baptizing.] [F. baptiser, L. baptizare, fr.Gr. ?.
See Baptism.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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