English verb: baptise | |||
1. | baptise (communication) administer baptism to | ||
Samples | The parents had the child baptized. | ||
Examples | They baptise him "Bobby" | ||
Synonyms | baptize, christen | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | call, name | ||