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Verb: baptize  bap'tIz
  1. Administer baptism to
    "The parents had the child baptized"
    - baptise [Brit], christen

Derived forms: baptizing, baptizes, baptized

See also: baptism

Type of: call, name

Encyclopedia: Baptize