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   Bap·tize

   /bapˈtīz/

   

   verb

   • 1. administer baptism to (someone); christen: "he was baptized Joshua" Similar christenimmersesprinklerare:lustrate
   • ▪ admit (someone) into a specified Church by baptism: "Mark had been baptized a Catholic" Similar admitintroduceinitiateenrollrecruitconvert
   • ▪ give a name or nickname to: "he baptized the science of narrative “narratology.”" Similar namegive a name tocalldubnicknamelabelstyletermdescribe astitleentitledesignaterare:clepedenominate

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin baptizare, from Greek baptizein ‘immerse, baptize’.

   Scrabble Points: 20

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • Z

     10

   • E

     1

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