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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Baptize

/băp-tīz'/ · Bap·tize · IPA /[ˈbæp.tajz]/
01 v. t. To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
imp. & p. p. Baptized; p. pr. & vb. n. Baptizing
  1. 1.
    To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
  2. 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. 3.
    To sanctify; to consecrate.