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Verb: baptise  bap'tIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: baptize)
  1. Administer baptism to
    "The parents had the child baptised";
    - baptize, christen

Derived forms: baptised, baptising, baptises

Type of: be known as, call, christen, know as, name

Encyclopedia: Baptise

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