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| bap·tize [ bap tz, báp tz ] (past and past participle bap·tized, present participle bap·tiz·ing, 3rd person present singular bap·tiz·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb perform ceremony of baptism: to sprinkle somebody with or immerse somebody in water as a sign that the person has been accepted into the Christian faith
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2. transitive verb name somebody in baptism: to give a personal name to somebody during the Christian ceremony of baptism
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| [13th century. Via French baptiser and ecclesiastical Latin baptisare< Greek baptizein "baptize" < baptein "dip"] |
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 bap·tiz·er noun |
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