baptize
verb (used with object)
to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism.
is baptizing
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present progressiveof baptize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A little girl, who was looking at him, cried out, 'Father, he is baptizing him!'
From The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Francis Parkman
"Could you tell us, friend, where John the Prophet is baptizing?"
From Men Called Him Master by Elwyn A. (Elwyn Allen) Smith
Vast, indeed, the influence of library and lecture-hall, of gallery and store and market-place, but the most significant fact of our day is that sympathy is baptizing our industries and institutions with new effort.
From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis
To which Banu answered: John is baptizing in the Jordan; get thee baptized and repent!
From The Brook Kerith A Syrian story by George (George Augustus) Moore
For the Popish Hierarchie doth consist of Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons, that is baptizing and preaching Deacons: For so it is determined in the councel of Trent, in the 4. chap.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
