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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French baptiser, batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizare, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, to immerse, plunge, baptize).

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baptisen

  1. To baptise, christen (perform a baptism).
  2. (reflexive) To receive a baptism.
  3. (rare) To purify or consecrate.
  4. (rare) To give a name, christen.

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  • English: baptize, baptise
  • Scots: bapteese

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