baptize
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Alternative forms
- baptise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
From Middle English baptisen, baptizen, from Old French baptiser, batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge, baptize”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
baptize (third-person singular simple present baptizes, present participle baptizing, simple past and past participle baptized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
- To dedicate or christen.
- (archaic, slang) Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water.
- 1965, The Road to Santiago: Pilgrims of St. James, page 194:
- There's a good tavern nearby where they don't baptize liquor!
- 1973, Robert Speaight, Shakespeare on the Stage:
- In 1833 Charles Kingsley wrote of the Royal Victora Hall in the Waterloo Road as 'a licensed pit of darkness'. The darkness remained unrelieved until, in 1880, Miss Emma Cons took over the lease and baptized the drinks that were served at the bar and the songs that were sung on the stage.
- 2007, Walter Scott Dunn, Choosing Sides on the Frontier in the American Revolution, →ISBN, page 91:
- The general practice in the West Indies was to baptize, add color, and otherwise adulterate rum to make it appear better.
- (slang) To ensure proper burning of a joint by moistening the exterior with saliva.
- (slang) To extinguish the life of.
- Synonyms: wax, wet, juice up; see also Thesaurus:kill
- 2023 September 28, “Block Boy”, #Sinsquad Stewie (lyrics), 1:58:
- I'm on frontstreet over them sides
Catch an opp lackin', leave him baptised
Bro up the Glock, don't freeze
Big rambo, inject with ease (Wet that)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to perform the Christian sacrament of baptism
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to dedicate or christen
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of rum, brandy, or any other spirits: to dilute with water
to ensure proper burning of a joint
References
- “baptize”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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