Bap*tize" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baptized (&?;);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Baptizing.]
[F. baptiser, L. baptizare, fr.Gr. &?;. See Baptism.]
1. To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
2. To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
I'll
be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be
Romeo.
Shak.
3. To sanctify; to consecrate.
Hear it pronounced