baptize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb administer baptism to
    christen; baptise.
    • The parents had the child baptized

WordNet

Bap*tize" transitive verb
Etymology
F. baptiser, L. baptizare, fr.Gr. . See Baptism.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Baptized ; present participle & verbal noun Baptizing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913