BAPTIZE

also baptise verb (~d; also baptised; baptizing; also baptising) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French baptiser, from Late Latin baptizare, from Greek ~in to dip, ~, from baptein to dip, dye; akin to Old Norse kvefja to quench Date: 13th century transitive verb to administer baptism to, 2. to purify or cleanse spiritually especially by a purging experience or ordeal, initiate , to give a name to (as at baptism) ; christen , intransitive verb to administer baptism, ~r noun