baptize
verb (used with object)
to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism.
was baptizing
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past progressiveof baptize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“When John the Baptist was baptizing people, I imagine that was pretty chaotic as well,” he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2018
One day I entered it, when the protopope, or dean, was baptizing an infant.
From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 by George Wightman
John, who was also baptizing at another point by the river, was told that Jesus was baptizing and that all men were going to Him.
From Child's Story of the Bible by Mary A. (Mary Artemisia) Lathbury
He too, like the despised Rose, was baptizing the unborn!
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
And at about the time of the Saxon invasion St. Patrick was founding churches and monasteries in Ireland, and was baptizing whole clans of the Irish at a time.
From Famous Men of the Middle Ages by Addison B. Poland
