| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bap·tize |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b p-t z , bptz |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing, bap·tiz·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism. 2a. To cleanse or purify. b. To initiate. 3. To give a first or Christian name to; christen. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To administer baptism. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English baptizen, from Old French baptiser, from Late Latin baptz re, from Greek baptizein, from baptein, to dip. | | OTHER FORMS: | bap·tizer —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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