|  baptize 
 
 administer baptism to (Freq. 8)
 - The parents had the child baptized
 • Syn:
 baptise, christen
 • Derivationally related forms:
 christening (for: christen), baptism (for: baptise), baptism
 • Hypernyms:
 name, call
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - Somebody ----s somebody something
 - They baptize him "Bobby"
 
 
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