baptise
/bæpˈtaɪz/
verb
- To perform the Christian ceremony of baptism, usually by sprinkling or immersing in water, as a sign of admission to the Church.
- In many churches, ministers baptise new believers after a period of study.
- The priest will baptise the baby during Sunday service.
- They decided to baptise their daughter in the river where her parents were married.
- To give a name to someone or something as part of a baptism ceremony.
- They chose to baptise the child with the name of his grandfather.
- The ship was baptised with a bottle of champagne smashed against its hull.
- The tradition is to baptise the bell with holy water before it is hung.
- To initiate or introduce someone into a new experience or community, often in a dramatic or challenging way.
- The rookie firefighter was baptised by his first major blaze.
- She was baptised into the world of politics during a heated debate.
- The new teacher was baptised with a class of thirty energetic first-graders.