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BAPTIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Administer baptism to

Example:

The parents had the child baptized

Synonyms:

baptise; baptize; christen

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "baptize" is one way to...):

be known as; call; know as; 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"

Derivation:

baptism (a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth)

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