BAPTIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does baptize mean? • BAPTIZE (verb)
The verb BAPTIZE has 1 sense:
1. administer baptism to
Familiarity information: BAPTIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BAPTIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Administer baptism to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
baptise; baptize; christen
Context example:
The parents had the child baptized
Hypernyms (to "baptize" is one way to...):
call; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Sentence example:
They baptize him "Bobby"
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