baptisen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French baptiser, batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizare, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge, baptize”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
baptisen
- To baptise, christen (perform a baptism).
- (reflexive) To receive a baptism.
- (rare) To purify or consecrate.
- (rare) To give a name, christen.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of baptisen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References edit
- “baptīsen, -īzen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.