baptize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæptaɪz/
ipa: [ˈbæp.tajz]
note: Ghana
ipa: [bapˈtajz]
Forms: form: baptizes
form: baptizing
form: baptized
form: baptized
form: baptise
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”).
Senses: examples: text: I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, againſt Original ſinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall ſinne, in the other Sacrament.
ref: 1624, John Donne, “11. Prayer.”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 280–281:
topics: Christianity
synonyms: christen
full
glosses: To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
examples: text: Ample evidence for this transfer of divine imagery can be found in early Christian times, when the Mother of God took over the titles, shrines, iconography and power of the great mother goddess of the Mediterranean world. This "baptizing" of pagan imagery was a successful missionary strategy that allowed Christianity to attract peoples accustomed to female deities while still maintaining faith in God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit
ref: 2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21:
glosses: To Christianize.
glosses: To dedicate or christen.
examples: text: There's a good tavern nearby where they don't baptize liquor!
ref: 1965, The Road to Santiago: Pilgrims of St. James, page 194:
text: 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.
ref: 1973, Robert Speaight, Shakespeare on the Stage:
text: The general practice in the West Indies was to baptize, add color, and otherwise adulterate rum to make it appear better.
ref: 2007, Walter Scott Dunn, Choosing Sides on the Frontier in the American Revolution, →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water.
glosses: To ensure proper burning of a joint by moistening the exterior with saliva.
examples: text: Nigga actin tough on the net, Imma baptize him, .223 shells and he’s shot like I am Mad Ryan
Put him in a coffin, hold him one year, he is no longer
Fucking on an opp nigger, bitch he sayin “go longer!”
ref: 2022 April 26, “Bad for Business”, OTM ft. Young Bull (lyrics), 1:21:
text: 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)
ref: 2023 September 28, “Block Boy”, #Sinsquad Stewie (lyrics), 1:58:
synonyms: word: wax
word: wet
word: juice up
word: annihilate
word: bag
word: baptize
word: bereave of life
word: blight
word: bring down
word: bump off
word: bury
word: cack
word: compromised to a permanent end
word: croak
word: crush
word: dash
word: deactivate
word: dead
word: demolish
word: destroy
word: dispatch
word: dispose of
word: do
word: do in
word: dust
word: eliminate
word: end
word: eradicate
word: ex
word: exterminate
word: finish
word: finish off
word: flatten
word: grease
word: knock off
word: lay waste to
word: make away with
word: mortify
word: neutralize
word: obliterate
word: off
word: pay off
word: pick off
word: polish off
word: pop off
word: punch someone's ticket
word: put an end to
word: put down
word: put someone out of their misery
word: put six feet under
word: put to sleep
word: ravage
word: rub out
word: ruin
word: scotch
word: scupper
word: scuttle
word: send to eternity
word: send to hell
word: send to the grave
word: send to the great beyond
word: send to the next life
word: slay
word: slaughter
word: smash
word: smite
word: snuff
word: squash
word: stiff
word: stop someone's clock
word: take
word: terminate
word: terminate with extreme prejudice
word: top off
word: top
word: torpedo
word: take care of
word: take down
word: take out
word: waste
word: wax
word: wet
word: whack
word: wipe out
word: wreck
glosses: To extinguish the life of.
Derived terms: word: baptizable
word: baptizand
word: baptizee
word: baptizement
word: baptizer
word: baptizing
word: debaptize
word: rebaptize
word: unbaptize
Related terms: anabaptize
baptism
baptistry
baptization