baptize
verb (used with object)
to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism.
baptized
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past participleof baptize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof baptize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
baptizeverb (used with object)to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism.
Example Sentences
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Jim Rigby, who baptized Talarico and married his parents, remembers the youngster as a "calming presence."
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
I’d been baptized and raised in a mainstream Kentucky Protestant church, but my father had shared childhood stories of snake handling and speaking in tongues in his Pentecostal Appalachian congregation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
One option we floated, because I was baptized Catholic, was the iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
That same sea that baptized me is, for thousands of others, a grave.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
But I can prove that I have been baptized or married: these are documented facts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
