Baptize

baptize
    v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"
         [syn: {baptize}, {baptise}, {christen}]
    

Baptize \Bap*tize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baptized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Baptizing}.] [F. baptiser, L. baptizare, fr. Gr.
   bapti`zein. See {Baptism}.]
   1. To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
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   2. To christen (because a name is given to infants at their
      baptism); to give a name to; to name.
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            I'll be new baptized;
            Henceforth I never will be Romeo.     --Shak.
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   3. To sanctify; to consecrate.
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83 Moby Thesaurus words for "baptize":
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      christen, cleanse, cut, define, deluge, denominate, designate,
      dilute, dip, douche, douse, drown, dub, duck, dunk, engulf,
      entitle, flush, flush out, gargle, holystone, identify, immerge,
      immerse, inundate, irrigate, label, lather, launder, lave, merge,
      mop, mop up, name, nickname, nominate, overwhelm, plunge in water,
      purify, rarefy, reduce, regenerate, rinse, rinse out,
      ritually immerse, scour, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, shower, sink,
      sluice, sluice out, soap, souse, specify, sponge, sprinkle, style,
      submerge, submerse, swab, syringe, tag, term, thin, title, toivel,
      tub, wash, wash out, wash up, water, water down, whelm