baptize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: baptize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for baptize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baptize v administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" Synonym(s): baptize, baptise, christen
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.