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BAPTISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baptise mean? 

BAPTISE (verb)
  The verb BAPTISE has 1 sense:

1. administer baptism toplay

  Familiarity information: BAPTISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAPTISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they baptise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it baptises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: baptised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: baptised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: baptising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Administer baptism to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

baptise; baptize; christen

Context example:

The parents had the child baptized

Hypernyms (to "baptise" 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 baptise him "Bobby"

Derivation:

baptism (a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth)


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