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English verb: baptize

1. baptize (communication) administer baptism to


SamplesThe parents had the child baptized.


ExamplesThey baptize him "Bobby"


Synonymsbaptise, christen


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Somebody ----s somebody something


Broader (hypernym)call, name









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