See Also: baptize(dictionary)
baptize(dictionary)

baptize (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: baptiser, from Late Latin, from Greek baptizein 'to dip, baptize', from baptein 'to dip']
to perform the ceremony of baptism on someone
-see also christen christen
to accept someone as a member of a particular Christian church by a ceremony of baptism
::He was baptized a Roman Catholic.
to give a child a name in a baptism ceremony
::She was baptized Jane.