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baptize

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
baptize /bapˈtʌɪz/ (or baptise)

▶verb

1 administer baptism to.

2 give a specified name or nickname to.

– origin ME: via OFr. from eccles. L. baptizare, from Gk baptizein ‘immerse, baptize’.

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