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# baptise

verb (baptise, baptises, baptised, baptising) — US spelling baptize

«baptise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) To baptise someone is to give them the Christian ceremony of baptism, pouring water on them or putting them in water as a sign of joining Christ and the Church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#m1)
2. To baptise can also mean to give a name at baptism (christen). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#m2)

### In the lessons

In church, a priest or minister baptises babies, children or adults; some churches baptise only believers old enough to choose. In the Bible, John baptised people in the river Jordan. Phrases: baptise a baby, be baptised, baptise in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

### Examples

- The priest will baptise my baby sister on Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x1)
- John baptised Jesus in the river Jordan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x2)
- The pastor baptises new believers in the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x3)
- They baptised her Grace, after her grandmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x4)
- "I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x5)
- Some churches do not baptise babies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x6)

### Note

UK/Australian baptise, US/Canadian baptize. Past baptised. Noun baptism; person who baptises can be a priest, minister or pastor. Drop the e before -ing: baptising.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «baptise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«baptise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/baptise.html) on Mova free.