Baptize
1baptize — c.1300, from O.Fr. batisier (11c.), from L. baptizare, from Gk. baptizein to immerse, to dip in water, also used figuratively, e.g. to be over one s head (in debt, etc.), to be soaked (in wine); in Greek Christian usage, baptize; from baptein to… …
2baptize — baptize, christen mean to make one a Christian or to admit one to a Christian communion by a ceremony in which water is poured or sprinkled on the head or in which the body is immersed in water. Baptize is at once the precise and the general term …
3baptize — (also baptise) ► VERB 1) administer baptism to. 2) give a name or nickname to. ORIGIN Greek baptizein immerse, baptize …
4baptize — [bap tīz′, bap′tīz] vt. baptized, baptizing [ME baptisen < OFr baptiser < LL(Ec) baptizare < Gr baptizein, to immerse, baptize, substituted for earlier baptein, to dip (used in post classical Gr chiefly in sense “to dip in dye”) < IE… …
5Baptize — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To christen (because a name is given to… …
6baptize — (Amer.) bap·tize || bæp taɪz v. perform ceremony of baptism by immersing in water (Christian ritual symbolizing admittance into the church); give a name to person during the ceremony of baptism (also baptise) …
7baptize — [v] initiate in church rite admit, asperse, besprinkle, call, christen, cleanse, denominate, dip, dub, entitle, immerse, name, purify, regenerate, sprinkle, term, title; concept 367 …
8baptize — [13] The underlying notion of baptize is of ‘dipping’, as those baptized were originally (and sometimes still are) immersed in water. It comes from Greek báptein ‘dip’, whose derivative baptízein ‘baptize’ passed via Latin baptizāre and Old… …
9baptize — UK [ˌbæpˈtaɪz] / US [bæpˈtaɪz] verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms baptize : present tense I/you/we/they baptize he/she/it baptizes present participle baptizing past tense baptized past participle baptized 1) to welcome someone into the …
10baptize — [13] The underlying notion of baptize is of ‘dipping’, as those baptized were originally (and sometimes still are) immersed in water. It comes from Greek báptein ‘dip’, whose derivative baptízein ‘baptize’ passed via Latin baptizāre and Old… …
