variants:
or less commonly baptise
baptized also baptised; baptizing also baptising
Definition of baptize
1
religion
: to administer baptism (see baptism sense 1) to
baptize a child in the Episcopal Church was baptized a Catholic as an infant
2a
: to purify or cleanse spiritually especially by a purging (see purge entry 1 sense 1) experience or ordeal
… baptized with pain and rapture, tears and fire …— Sidney Lanier
b
: initiate
Both developments were baptized under last season's conditions of scanty snow … — New York Times
3
: to give a name to (as at baptism) : christen
Theybaptized their son "John" after the baby's grandfather.
: to administer baptism
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The first known use of baptize was in the 13th century
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