Hypertext Webster Gateway: "baptized"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Baptize \Bap*tize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baptized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Baptizing}.] [F. baptiser, L. baptizare, fr.Gr. ?.
See {Baptism}.]
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.
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