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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Baptize \Bap*tize"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
baptize
verb: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: {baptise}, {christen}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "baptize": adulterate, asperge, asperse, attenuate, bath, bathe, bury, call, 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
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