'Baptizing' definitions:

Definition of 'Baptizing'

From: GCIDE
  • Baptize \Bap*tize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baptized; p. pr. & vb. n. Baptizing.] [F. baptiser, L. baptizare, fr. Gr. bapti`zein. See Baptism.]
  • 1. To administer the sacrament of baptism to. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To christen (because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To sanctify; to consecrate. [1913 Webster]