baptize

Verb

baptize (third-person singular simple present baptizes, present participle baptizing, simple past and past participle baptized)

1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
   • I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, againſt Original ſinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall ſinne, in the other Sacrament.1624, John Donne, “11. Prayer.”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 280–281

   Synonyms:

   christen, full

2. (British, English, Oxford, US, figuratively) To Christianize.
   • Ample evidence for this transfer of divine imagery can be found in early Christian times, when the Mother of God took over the titles, shrines, iconography and power of the great mother goddess of the Mediterranean world. This "baptizing" of pagan imagery was a successful missionary strategy that...2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21
3. (British, English, Oxford, US) To dedicate or christen.
4. (British, English, Oxford, US, archaic, slang) Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water.
   • There's a good tavern nearby where they don't baptize liquor!1965, The Road to Santiago: Pilgrims of St. James, page 194
   • In 1833 Charles Kingsley wrote of the Royal Victora Hall in the Waterloo Road as 'a licensed pit of darkness'. The darkness remained unrelieved until, in 1880, Miss Emma Cons took over the lease and baptized the drinks that were served at the bar and the songs that were sung on the stage.1973, Robert Speaight, Shakespeare on the Stage
5. (British, English, Oxford, US, slang) To ensure proper burning of a joint by moistening the exterior with saliva.
6. (British, English, Oxford, US, slang) To extinguish the life of.
   • Nigga actin tough on the net, Imma baptize him, .223 shells and he’s shot like I am Mad Ryan
     Put him in a coffin, hold him one year, he is no longer
     Fucking on an opp nigger, bitch he sayin “go longer!”2022 April 26, “Bad for Business”, OTM ft. Young Bull (lyrics), 1:21
   • I'm on frontstreet over them sides
     Catch an opp lackin', leave him baptised
     Bro up the Glock, don't freeze
     Big rambo, inject with ease (Wet that)2023 September 28, “Block Boy”, #Sinsquad Stewie (lyrics), 1:58

   Synonyms:

   wax, wet, juice up, annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury