Dictionary entry

Baptize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.