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baptize

/bap-tahyz, bap-tahyz/US // bæpˈtaɪz, ˈbæp taɪz //UK // (bæpˈtaɪz) //

洗礼,施洗,受洗,施礼

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v.有主动词 verb
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    bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing.

    • : to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
    • : to cleanse spiritually; initiate or dedicate by purifying.
    • : to give a name to at baptism; christen.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing.

    • : to administer baptism.

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Examples

  • Since being baptized into the pantheon of America’s most famous serial killers, rumors about the gun-toting housewife’s whereabouts keep conspiracy theorists wondering even today.

  • Neighbors told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that Hogan had been seen offering to baptize people in the canal the evening before her daughters were discovered dead.

  • It baptizes a quest for power and privilege in the public sphere predicated on ensuring only certain Americans feel welcome to fully participate in civic life.

  • Now, we have new revelations about how they were so worried about Jimmy McCain’s health as a newborn, they had him baptized in the hospital on fears he might not make it out of the maternity ward.

  • I knew I was ready to tackle whatever life hurled at me next, baptized in sunshine and smiles.

  • She wrote to the pope to express her fear that no priest would baptize her illegitimate baby.

  • This was why we resolved, at the time of our arrival, not to baptize any adults unless they were previously well catechized.

  • Father Biard went to the afflicted parent of the boy, and asked whether he might, with his consent, baptize the dying child.

  • "I baptize thee," broke the silence, time after time, amid the tiny splashes of falling water.

  • A well-known politician, who died only recently, was born in the village, and the old rector was called on to baptize him.

  • But it was not thought safe to baptize him in Galicia, so he was sent to Bellson, in Berlin, who baptized him in 1846.